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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Florent's consuming passion?
(a) Painting.
(b) La Belle Normande.
(c) Cooking.
(d) To destroy Paris.

2. The characters in THE BELLY OF PARIS are considered to be of what class?
(a) Lower class.
(b) Poverty level.
(c) Market society.
(d) Upper class.

3. What does the stench of ripening cheese symbolize when the women meet to talk about Florent?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Lies and rumors.
(c) Impending doom.
(d) Death.

4. What does Florent visualize at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) His law practice.
(b) The insurrection.
(c) His next painting.
(d) La Belle Normande.

5. Lisa assumes the role of ____________ in her relationship with Quenu.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Student.
(c) Disciplinarian.
(d) Parent.

6. Where is Madame Francois' home?
(a) Nanterre.
(b) Provence.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Arles.

7. Why is La Belle Lisa embarrassed when she goes to the police station to report Florent?
(a) She is the last person in the neighborhood to report him.
(b) She is related to a criminal.
(c) She is harboring an insurgent.
(d) She breaks down into a sobbing fit.

8. How does Pauline get so dirty while away from the shop?
(a) Playing in a sandbox.
(b) Playing in the street.
(c) Digging in the dirt.
(d) Rolling down park hills.

9. What instructions does Gavard give to La Sarriette?
(a) Organize the household for a dinner party.
(b) Prepare the summer house.
(c) Have his shirts sent to the laundry.
(d) Clear his rooms and burn personal papers.

10. What seems to fascinate Marjolin and Cadine in the market?
(a) The fish vendors.
(b) The clowns.
(c) The artists.
(d) The slaughter of animals.

11. How many children did Mere Chantemesse have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

12. With whom does La Belle Normande think she may be in love?
(a) Quenu.
(b) Gavard.
(c) Florent.
(d) Marjolin.

13. What happens to Florent when he returns to the charcuterie?
(a) He falls and breaks a leg.
(b) He has a surprise birthday dinner.
(c) He hosts a party for all his comrades.
(d) He is arrested.

14. What represents a person's character in the petit bourgeois class?
(a) Education.
(b) Looks.
(c) Religion.
(d) Connections.

15. What does La Belle Lisa find in Florent's drawer?
(a) A roll of money.
(b) Candy.
(c) A photograph of La Belle Normande.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Marjolin, Cadine and Leon do when they meet late at night?

2. How old is Cadine when she opens her business?

3. Who does La Belle Normande marry?

4. What bothers Florent most about Les Halles?

5. Who appoints himself Florent's lieutenant?

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