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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Newman describe Madame de Bellegarde to Mrs. Tristam?
(a) As a charming older woman.
(b) As an old sinner.
(c) As someone who is deaf and blind.
(d) As someone who is easy to ignore in the room.

2. Whom does Valentin tell Newman he wants to come visit him?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) His mother.
(c) Claire.
(d) Urbain.

3. What surprises Valentin about the invitation his family sends out for Newman and Claire's engagement party?
(a) It doesn't have the family crest on it.
(b) It isn't on their usual stationery.
(c) It leaves off Newman's full name.
(d) It doesn't mention that an American will be there as the entertainment.

4. What does Newman ask Valentin to do while they are at the opera?
(a) Get him another glass of wine.
(b) Forget Noemie.
(c) Stop talking during the show.
(d) Stop looking so much through his binoculars.

5. How does the Bellegarde family welcome him when he tells them that he and Claire are engaged?
(a) Coldly.
(b) No one talks to him for weeks.
(c) With open, loving arms.
(d) They kick him out of their house.

6. Where does Newman find Noemie and her dad after she has disappeared?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Occidental Club.
(c) An open air market.
(d) The Cafe de la Patrie.

7. Where does Valentin's burial take place?
(a) London.
(b) Fleurieres.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

8. How does Newman find out that Valentin has been injured in the duel?
(a) By telegraph.
(b) By reading about it in the paper.
(c) By watching it himself.
(d) By hearing about it on the news.

9. Where does Newman learn that Valentin will not survive his wounds?
(a) In bed, while he is asleep.
(b) By reading it in the paper.
(c) When he sees Valentin for himself.
(d) At the train station.

10. What does Urbain make sure to do at the engagement party?
(a) Make fun of Newman behind his back.
(b) Drink a lot.
(c) Introduce Newman to all the important people.
(d) Make sure Claire never gets the chance to speak.

11. What is Urbain unhappy about at the engagement party?
(a) Claire's dress.
(b) Newman's own happiness.
(c) The way his wife is behaving.
(d) The fact that his best friend didn't show up.

12. Who wants Newman to take her to the Bal Bullier?
(a) Noemie.
(b) Urbain's wife.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mrs. Tristam.

13. Once Newman and Claire are engaged, what warning does Mrs. Bread give Newman?
(a) To never show his face at the Bellegarde home again.
(b) To get married as soon as possible.
(c) To have children as soon as possible.
(d) He needs to lose a little weight before the ceremony.

14. How does Claire feel about the duel?
(a) She finds it funny.
(b) She is very nervous.
(c) She plans on bringing a picnic lunch to watch.
(d) She makes sure a reporter is there to record everything.

15. Who is Mrs. Bread?
(a) An old servant of the Bellegarde family.
(b) Mrs. Tristam's childhood friend.
(c) Newman's kindly upstairs neighbor.
(d) Newman's nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first meets Newman when he has come to speak with Claire's mother and brother, supposedly for the last time?

2. How do Claire's brother and mother feel about her decision to become a nun?

3. Why does Newman decide to try to talk to Claire's mother and brother one last time after the engagement is called off?

4. Who tells Newman during the opera that she is terribly bored with her husband?

5. Who arranges for Newman to speak again with Urbain and Madame de Bellegarde after he sees them at Claire's chapel?

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