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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. What did Madame Arnoux spend her estate and her son's inheritance on?
(a) Investing in an art magazine.
(b) A new wardrobe.
(c) Buying a fancy carriage.
(d) Paying off her debts.

2. What is Professor Samuel Rondelot's area of academic specialty?
(a) Music.
(b) Law.
(c) Literature.
(d) Medicine.

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

4. What is LÁrt industriel?
(a) A ship.
(b) An organization that is half art magazine and half art gallery.
(c) A style of painting.
(d) A bookstore.

5. Where does Jacques Arnoux tell Frederic that his wife has gone?
(a) To visit her sister in Andalusia.
(b) To visit her sick mother.
(c) To vacation in Germany.
(d) To vacation in Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marie Arnoux from?

2. What is the woman whose beauty captivates Frederic doing?

3. Who is Frederic returning from visiting in hopes he will include him in his will?

4. What secret does Frederic tell Hussonet he wants in Chapter 5?

5. What become his principle interests after Deslauriers loses interest in metaphysics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict does Frederic have when he finally receives his long-awaited invitation from the Dambreuses? How is it resolved?

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

3. Who is the host of the costume party to which Arnoux brings Frederic? What is this person's relationship to Arnoux?

4. Whom does Frederic go to call upon when he first returns to Paris? Why does he have difficulty finding this person? Who helps Frederic locate this person?

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

6. What situation precludes Frederic and Deslauriers from realizing their plans together? What is Frederic's reaction to his news?

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

8. What are Jacques and Marie Arnoux arguing about when Frederic arrives? How does witnessing this argument affect Frederic's feelings for Marie?

9. When Frederic and Deslauriers begin living together in Chapter 5, what is their relationship like? How do they divide the labor and costs of living?

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

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