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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 do Babcock and Newman travel together for before they part ways?
(a) Only a day or so.
(b) Only a few days.
(c) Several weeks.
(d) One full month.

2. How does Claire feel about marriage?
(a) She is eager to do so.
(b) She thinks people should be able to have more than one spouse.
(c) She has vowed never to remarry.
(d) She thinks it is oppressive to women and won't do it on principle.

3. How does Newman come to view Tristam after a while?
(a) As one of the kindest people he knows.
(b) As someone in need of medical help for his drinking.
(c) As his long-lost brother.
(d) As a bit of a snob.

4. Who is Urbain?
(a) A student of Claire's.
(b) Mrs. Tristam's nephew.
(c) Mrs. Tristam's brother-in-law.
(d) Claire's second brother.

5. How much is the final price of Noemie's painting when it is delivered?
(a) 300,000 francs.
(b) 3,000,000 francs.
(c) 3,000 francs.
(d) 30,000 francs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coordinates delivery of Noemie's first painting to Newman?

2. What does Noemie do for a living?

3. What does Newman use, when the novel opens, as a guide for the Louvre?

4. Whom does Nioche claim his daughter is like?

5. How does Mrs. Tristam know that Claire is back in town after Newman comes back to town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Babcock decide to stop traveling with Newman?

2. While he is confessing his affections for her for the first time, what does Newman ask Claire to do in regard to her decision about him?

3. What surprising event happens as Urbain and his wife are preparing to go to a ball?

4. What does Newman tell Tristam his reason is for being in Paris?

5. Why does Newman not want to play poker with Tristam?

6. What happened that made Newman decide to leave business?

7. What causes Claire to shift from threatening to banish Newman if he talked about marriage again to making him wait 6 months instead?

8. What impression does Newman get from Urbain during his dinner at the Bellegardes in Chapter XII?

9. What reaction does Newman have to the offer to tour Claire's home during his first visit?

10. What actions did Valentin's family take out of fear that he would ruin the family's good name?

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