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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. Whom does Frederic see accompanying Jacques Arnoux at the Alhambra?
(a) Monsieur Roque.
(b) Dambreuse.
(c) Mademoiselle Vatnaz.
(d) Marie Arnoux.

2. What is the name of Frederic's aristocratic friend from law school whom Frederic considers to be very dim?
(a) Sénécal.
(b) Charles Deslauriers.
(c) Monsieur de Cisy.
(d) Baptiste Martinon.

3. What business does Jacques Arnoux take up after leaving the art business?
(a) Ceramics.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Banking.

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

5. In Chapter 2 of Part Two, what recent trouble has Arnoux been involved in?
(a) He was in a lawsuit for defamation of character.
(b) He was in a lawsuit for custody of his children.
(c) He was in a lawsuit for negligent behavior.
(d) He was in a lawsuit over his building land in Belleville.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why has Hussonet begun to dislike actors?

3. What award did Frederic Moreau win at his school that made his mother proud?

4. Which character is dissatisfied with his dining experience at the Trois-Frères-Provençaux?

5. In what year does the novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of trouble does Frederic discover Arnoux is experiencing? With whom does he discuss this? What does he learn?

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

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

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

6. What is Deslauriers' reaction to Frederic's love for Madame Arnoux? What is Deslauriers' opinion of Marie Arnoux when he sees her in the Law Courts?

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

8. What is Jacques Arnoux's business reputation? Why does Pellerin become so angry 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. How does Frederic's schoolmate Baptiste Martinon live? What is his attitude towards life? How does this contrast with Frederic's attitude?

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