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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 Madame Alessandri's specialty?
(a) Hairdressing.
(b) Midwifery.
(c) Dressmaking.
(d) Singing.

2. How does Marie Arnoux respond when Deslauriers declares his love for her?
(a) She slaps him.
(b) She faints.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She kisses him.

3. What does Frederic begin writing to distract himself from his infatuation with Marie Arnoux?
(a) A Treatise on the French Legal Code.
(b) A History of the Renaissance.
(c) A Treatise on Modern Banking.
(d) A History of the French Revolution.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who procures a personal letter from Dambreuse supporting Frederic's candidacy?

2. What news does Frederic's porter give Louise Roque that breaks her heart?

3. What does Rosanette reveal her age to be in Chapter 1 of Part Three?

4. Who does Frederic run into at the palace during the looting?

5. What does the sight of the five bodies killed on the boulevard des Capucines being carried through the streets on a cart change?

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 does Mademoiselle Vatnaz believe the role of the woman to be? What is Rosanette's position on the subject?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. To which club does Dussardier take Frederic to rally support for his candidacy? Who is the chairman of the club? Whom does Regimbart support instead of Frederic?

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

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

8. What happens to Marie Arnoux's son Eugene at the end of Chapter 6 of Part Two? How does Marie interpret this event?

9. 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?

10. What does Frederic think about while he gazes at Monsieur Dambreuse's corpse? What inspires him to consider these things?

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