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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) Maître Prouharam's office in Nogent.
(b) His own practice in Troyes.
(c) L'Art Industriel in Paris.
(d) Deslauriers' father's practice in Chartres.

2. Why does Sénécal lose his job for the third time?
(a) He refuses to give prizes because they are elitist.
(b) He refuses to teach art because it is not analytical.
(c) He refuses to give grades because they are meaningless.
(d) He refuses to teach religious education because he is an atheist.

3. Upon seeing Jacques Arnoux at the theatre accompanied by two other ladies, what does Frederic speculate could have happened to Marie Arnoux?
(a) She divorced Jacques Arnoux.
(b) She is out of town.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is dead.

4. What is the name of the man that Frederic meets on the ship?
(a) Jacques Montmartre.
(b) Jacques Arnoux.
(c) Charles Deslauriers.
(d) Roque Deslauriers.

5. Where does Frederic ask Hussonet to take him?
(a) Jacques Arnoux's gallery.
(b) Jacques Arnoux's house.
(c) Dambreuse's gallery
(d) Dambreuse's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?

2. Who does Frederic kiss goodbye before leaving for Paris?

3. How did Madame Moreau's husband die?

4. Why is Frederic hesitant to introduce Deslauriers to Arnoux?

5. Frederic is worried about his appearance as he goes to visit Dambreuse until he remembers which fact about him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which of Frederic's friends are invited to his housewarming party? What is their opinion of his new lifestyle?

3. 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?

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

5. What is Sénécal's objection to Jacques Arnoux in Chapter 5? What does Sénecal believe the purpose of art to be?

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

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

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

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

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

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