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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 are Frederic and Marie Arnoux doing when Rosanette interrupts them in Chapter 3 of Part Three?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Talking.

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

3. Why does Frederic decide to return to Paris at the end of Chapter 5 of Part Two?
(a) He needs time away from his mother and Monsieur Roque to think.
(b) He is anxious to meet with Dambreuse about business matters.
(c) He is anxious to see Marie Arnoux again.
(d) He is anxious to see Rosanette again.

4. Where does Marie Arnoux retire to after Frederic declares his love to her?
(a) Her mother's house in Chartres.
(b) A rented villa in Italy.
(c) Her country-house in Saint-Cloud.
(d) A rented cottage in Auteil.

5. What is the new name of Hussonet's paper, L'Art?
(a) Le Marshal.
(b) Le Cap.
(c) Le Titian.
(d) Le Flambard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What position does Dambreuse offer Frederic in his Consortium of French Coal-mining Companies?

4. How does Frederic learn that Dussardier was injured in the fighting in Paris?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. Why does Deslauriers go to visit Marie Arnoux? What news does he give her? What is her reaction?

6. For what position does Monsieur Dambreuse persuade Frederic to announce his candidacy? Who ends up with the position?

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

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

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