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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. How much money do Hussonet and Deslauriers convince Frederic to invest in their political newspaper?
(a) 15,000 francs.
(b) 50,000 francs
(c) 10,000 francs.
(d) 100,000 francs.

2. Where is the restaurant located in which Frederic dines daily at a cost of only forty-three sous?
(a) Ronde-Point.
(b) The Champs-Elysées.
(c) The Tuileries.
(d) Rue de la Harpe.

3. Why does Madame Moreau refuse to have anything to do with Monsieur Roque?
(a) He is the election-rigger for the district.
(b) He is a known gambler and thief.
(c) He is a foreigner.
(d) He is living in sin with his maid.

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

5. What does Marie Arnoux do with the roses that her husband gives her at her party?
(a) Throws them out of the window of the carriage.
(b) Gives them to Mademoiselle Vatnaz.
(c) Destroys them.
(d) Puts them in a vase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the owner of L'Art?

2. Who is the author of this novel?

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

4. Where does Frederic hope to meet Marie Arnoux every time he walks through it?

5. What is the Alhambra?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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