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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. Who was Frederic hoping to get a look at during his meeting with Dambreuse?
(a) Jacques Arnoux.
(b) Madame Dambreuse.
(c) Marie Arnoux.
(d) Madame Moreau.

2. What is the name of Frederic's friend from law school who lives with his working-class girlfriend and happily studies law?
(a) Baptiste Martinon.
(b) Jacques Arnoux.
(c) Monsieur de Cisy.
(d) Charles Deslauriers

3. What insult is thrown at Deslauriers that started the schoolyard fight that begins his friendship with Frederic?
(a) Big boy.
(b) Beggar's brat.
(c) Rat.
(d) Rich boy.

4. What piece of evidence does Marie Arnoux produce during their argument to prove her husband's infidelity?
(a) A lock of hair
(b) A glove.
(c) A bill for cashmere.
(d) A photograph.

5. In Chapter 1, what is Frederic holding while he stands on the deck of the ship?
(a) A flag.
(b) A sketchbook.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's ambition?

2. How did Madame Moreau's husband die?

3. Which character does Frederic commission Pellerin to paint a life-size portrait of?

4. How old is Frederic at the beginning of the novel?

5. What item is lost during his arrest that Dussardier asks for multiple times?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frederic's schoolmate Baptiste Martinon live? What is his attitude towards life? How does this contrast with Frederic's attitude?

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

3. From whom does Madame Moreau borrow money? How does she pay off this debt? How does this affect Frederic's future?

4. What work does Charles Deslauriers do for his father? What unusual physical feature is a result of this work?

5. What are some of Frederic's artistic ambitions? What art has he already produced at this point?

6. How does the narrator describe the other people traveling on the ship with Frederic? What do they wear? What are their spirits?

7. What is the relationship between Frederic and Deslauriers? How did it begin? What planes do they have for the future?

8. What is Pellerin's attitude toward Realism? What does he believe the real goal of art to be? In his opinion, what is necessary for great art?

9. What business proposition do Hussonet and Deslauriers bring to Frederic? How does Frederic respond?

10. 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?

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