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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 does Monsieur Dambreuse propose Frederic announce his candidacy for?
(a) The Constituent Assembly.
(b) The Committee for Public Safety.
(c) Mayor of Paris.
(d) Head of the National Guard.

2. Why does Frederic desist from striking Rosanette after she interrupts his visit with Marie?
(a) She announces that she is terminally ill.
(b) She announces that she is pregnant.
(c) He remembers that Rosanette has to appear in public the next morning.
(d) He notices that Marie Arnoux is watching them.

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

4. Who gives Sénécal a job after he leaves Arnoux's factory?
(a) Deslauriers.
(b) Hussonet.
(c) Dambreuse.
(d) Roque.

5. Who does Frederic viciously criticize at Dussardier's party?
(a) Roque.
(b) Martinon.
(c) Arnoux.
(d) Cisy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3 of Part Two, how does Deslauriers believe politics should be treated?

2. Where does Marie Arnoux retire to after Frederic declares his love to her?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is responsible for arranging Frederic's part in the duel with Cisy? What happens to Cisy when the duel begins? How does the duel end?

3. 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?

4. What does the painting Frederic comments upon in Dambreuse's house depict? Who painted it?

5. 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?

6. How does Frederic respond when Pellerin asks him to pay for the painting of Rosanette he commissioned? What becomes of the painting in the end?

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

9. 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?

10. What effect does Frederic's paying Rosanette's IOU to Mademoiselle Vatnaz have on the relationship between him and Rosanette? What does he begin to notice about her?

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