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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. Who is exploiting Arnoux in Chapter 3 of Part Three?
(a) The woman from Bordeaux.
(b) Frederic.
(c) Dambreuse.
(d) Rosanette.

2. What do Frederic and Marie curse during their conversations?
(a) Fate.
(b) Money.
(c) Family.
(d) Marriage.

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

4. Who procures a personal letter from Dambreuse supporting Frederic's candidacy?
(a) Arnoux.
(b) Roque.
(c) Deslauriers.
(d) Madame Dambreuse.

5. What lie does Frederic tell Deslauriers to explain what happened to the francs he was going to invest in his project?
(a) He lost it in a card game.
(b) He loaned it to Regimbart.
(c) He invested it in Dambreuses' company.
(d) He loaned it to Jacques Arnoux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frederic begin writing to distract himself from his infatuation with Marie Arnoux?

2. What happens to the francs that Frederic was going to invest in Deslauriers' project?

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

4. Who saves Monsieur Dambreuse's life?

5. What does Cisy do as soon as the signal to begin the duel is given?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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 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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