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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) Crying.
(b) Talking.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Kissing.

2. What happens to the francs that Frederic was going to invest in Deslauriers' project?
(a) He loans it to Jacques Arnoux.
(b) He loans it to Regimbart.
(c) He invests it in Dambreuses' company.
(d) He loses it in a card game.

3. Which character is implicated in a scheme involving carbines that are intercepted in Troyes?
(a) Deslauriers.
(b) Dambreuse.
(c) Dussardier.
(d) Roque.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6 of Part Two, what does Frederic swear to Marie Arnoux he will never do?

2. Why is the command post of the Château d'Eau under attack?

3. Where is Rosanette going with her Russian lover and wants to invite Frederic?

4. Why does Madame Dambreuse write three letters to Cécile?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does Frederic think when he sees how affected Louise Roque is by his visit? Why is Monsieur Roque interested in seeing his daughter marry Frederic?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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