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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 the Russian prince, Rosanette's new lover, see her for the first time?
(a) Trois-Frères-Provençaux.
(b) The Alhambra.
(c) Café Anglais.
(d) At the races.

2. Who is traveling in the Victoria and sees Frederic accompanying Rosanette?
(a) Monsieur Oudry.
(b) Marie Arnoux.
(c) Jacques Arnoux.
(d) Hussonet.

3. Who arrives at and brings a stop to the duel?
(a) Rosanette.
(b) Deslauriers.
(c) Jacques Arnoux.
(d) Marie Arnoux.

4. What weapons do Cisy and Frederic agree to use in their duel?
(a) Knives.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Swords.
(d) Pistols.

5. What position does Dambreuse offer Frederic in his Consortium of French Coal-mining Companies?
(a) Vice President of Internal Affairs.
(b) Chief Executive Officer.
(c) Company President.
(d) Company Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the prostitute posing as who Frederic sees in the palace?

2. What do Frederic and Marie curse during their conversations?

3. What does Frederic throw at Cisy after he insults Marie Arnoux?

4. Whom does Frederic unexpectedly meet when he goes to Arnoux's factory to fulfill Louise Roque's order?

5. What does Madame Dambreuse ask Frederic immediately after she is widowed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is revealed about Frederic during the dinner party at the Dambreuse's house in Chapter 2 of Chapter Three that Louise Roque was not aware of? What does she suggest to Frederic after the party? What is his response?

3. How does Frederic court Madame Dambreuse? What topic of conversation is repeated between the two? How does Frederic feel about Madame Dambreuse in comparison to his other loves?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. How does Arnoux's trusting nature lead to his business trouble with the china clay company? How does this mistake affect him?

8. What does Frederic do with the fifteen thousand francs he requested from his solicitor to invest in Deslauriers' project? How does he explain his inability to invest this sum to Deslauriers?

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

10. How does Monsieur Roque attempt to gain Madame Moreau's favor? How successful is he?

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