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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. How long had Monsieur and Madame Dambreuse been married when Cécile came to live with them?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

2. Where do Frederic and Rosanette dine with Cisy and Hussonet after the races?
(a) Rosanette's house.
(b) The Alhambra.
(c) Trois-Frères-Provençaux.
(d) Café Anglais.

3. Who does Frederic run into at the palace during the looting?
(a) Deslauriers.
(b) Hussonet.
(c) Dussardier.
(d) Arnoux.

4. What does Madame Dambreuse ask Frederic immediately after she is widowed?
(a) If he will loan her money.
(b) If he will marry her.
(c) If he will kill her so she can be with her beloved husband.
(d) If he will call a doctor for her.

5. 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 Park.
(b) A Committee for Public Safety.
(c) A National Museum.
(d) An Arts Workshop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is implicated in a scheme involving carbines that are intercepted in Troyes?

2. Why does Jacques Arnoux tell Marie that Rosanette is Frederic's mistress?

3. At Dambreuse's funeral mass, who has to tell the congregation when to stand up, when to kneel, and when to sit down again?

4. Who is the man who is dressed as a National Guard shako that Frederic meets on the stairs to Rosanette's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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