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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Frederic begin to work after learning of his meager inheritance?
(a) Deslauriers' father's practice in Chartres.
(b) His own practice in Troyes.
(c) L'Art Industriel in Paris.
(d) Maître Prouharam's office in Nogent.

2. Where does Frederic accompany Marie Arnoux in Chapter 5?
(a) To visit her mother.
(b) Shopping.
(c) To the theatre.
(d) To L'Art Industriel.

3. Why has Hussonet begun to dislike actors?
(a) He auditioned for a play and did not get the part.
(b) He acted in a play that was a great success.
(c) He wrote a play that was rejected.
(d) He wrote a play that was a flop.

4. What type of work is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's book, A Young Ladies' Garland?
(a) Epic.
(b) Educational.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Fantasy.

5. Why does Frederic decide not to make a place for Deslauriers in his new townhouse?
(a) He thinks it will be embarrassing if he ever has a mistress visit him.
(b) He thinks Deslauriers' manners and politics will offend his other visitors.
(c) Deslauriers is still living happily with Sénécal.
(d) Deslauriers is living with his girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business does Jacques Arnoux take up after leaving the art business?

2. Who is the author of this novel?

3. Where does Deslauriers see Marie Arnoux for the first time?

4. What did Madame Arnoux spend her estate and her son's inheritance on?

5. What is the name of Frederic's friend from law school who lives with his working-class girlfriend and happily studies law?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift does Jacques Arnoux give his wife at her party? Why does he give her this particular gift? What is her reaction? What does she do with the gift during the carriage ride back to Paris?

2. Where is the protagonist when the novel begins? What does he look like and what does he have with him?

3. Whom does Frederic immediately go to visit when he hears that Jacques Arnoux has gone to Germany? What surprise is waiting for him? Where is the person he was looking for?

4. Who is Dussardier? Why is he taken to prison? What does Frederic give him to replace his most prized possession?

5. What is Jacques Arnoux's business reputation? Why does Pellerin become so angry with him?

6. What does Pellerin do for a living? What type of books does he read? What is the secret he is trying to discover? Why?

7. Whom does Frederic see when he opens the door to the first class section? What is his impression of this person?

8. How does the narrator describe Monsieur Dambreuse in Chapter 3? What does he look like? How does he interact with Frederic during their meeting?

9. What does Hussonet do for a living? What is his professional ambition? What has he done to pursue this dream?

10. With whom does Frederic develop a friendship in Chapter 6? How do the other characters feel about this friendship?

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