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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 is Pellerin going to ask the government to create when Frederic sees him with a column of followers in the Latin Quarter?
(a) A National Museum.
(b) An Arts Workshop.
(c) A National Park.
(d) A Committee for Public Safety.

2. Which character is arrested in Chapter 4 of Part Two and is charged with attempted assassination?
(a) Frederic.
(b) Sénécal.
(c) Cisy.
(d) Arnoux.

3. Why does Frederic desist from striking Rosanette after she interrupts his visit with Marie?
(a) She announces that she is pregnant.
(b) He notices that Marie Arnoux is watching them.
(c) He remembers that Rosanette has to appear in public the next morning.
(d) She announces that she is terminally ill.

4. Why does Dussardier decide to give a party?
(a) To celebrate Frederic's birthday.
(b) To celebrate Frederic's engagement to Louise Roque.
(c) To celebrate Sénécal's release from prison.
(d) To celebrate his raise in salary.

5. What does Pellerin ask Dussardier and Deslauriers to do?
(a) Convince Frederic to purchase the portrait of Rosanette.
(b) Convince Frederic to marry Rosanette.
(c) Convince Frederic to open an art gallery.
(d) Convince Frederic to start an art magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is exploiting Arnoux in Chapter 3 of Part Three?

2. Where does Marie Arnoux retire to after Frederic declares his love to her?

3. When Frederic returns to Paris to care for the injured Dussardier, who does he find nursing him in his apartment?

4. What is Hussonet's opinion of Le Chevalier de maison rouge that the other guests at Dussardier's party fervently disagree with?

5. Why does Frederic decide to return to Paris at the end of Chapter 5 of Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 3 of Part Three, what is Frederic's attitude towards living with Rosanette? What does he consider the nicest part of the day? Where do they spend it?

2. What is happening in the streets of Paris in Chapter 1 of Part Three? What is Frederic's reaction to what he sees?

3. How does the relationship between Frederic and Rosanette change at the end of Part Two? Where does he take her at the end of Chapter 6?

4. What decision to Frederic make about the Arnouxs upon returning to Paris in Chapter 6 of Part Two? What request hampers his plan?

5. To whom does Rosanette first turn to get the four thousand francs she needs to pay off her debts? In the end, who is it that loans the money to Frederic on her behalf? Why?

6. On what pretense does Rosanette convince Frederic to visit her? What is the misunderstanding that makes their visit so uncomfortable?

7. Who interrupts Frederic's romantic reunion with Marie Arnoux? How does Frederic react to this interruption? How does the intruder defend her actions?

8. What significant political event takes place at the end of Chapter 6 of Part Two? What effect does this event have on the people of Paris?

9. What effect does Frederic's paying Rosanette's IOU to Mademoiselle Vatnaz have on the relationship between him and Rosanette? What does he begin to notice about her?

10. How does Frederic respond when Pellerin asks him to pay for the painting of Rosanette he commissioned? What becomes of the painting in the end?

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