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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Christine able to come to Paris from Passy?
(a) her employer gives her time off.
(b) she slips out after her employer goes to bed.
(c) she carries the mail for her employer.
(d) she has no contract with her employer.

2. Where does Claude find Ganière after the dinner at Pierre's house?
(a) at their old table in the Café Baudequin.
(b) sitting alone on a park bench.
(c) walking the street in front of Irma's house.
(d) sleeping under a bridge across the Seine.

3. Which of Claude's friends do he and Christine see in the street?
(a) Sandoz and Dubuche.
(b) Irma and Jory.
(c) Mahoudeau and Mathilde.
(d) Chaîne and Pierre.

4. In spite of opposition, how does Sandoz continue to write?
(a) avoiding any controversial subject.
(b) copying the great literary masters.
(c) using atrange and unexplained vocabulary.
(d) honestly and exactly as he feels.

5. How long does Christine stay away after her first return visit to Claude's studio?
(a) two days.
(b) a year.
(c) several months.
(d) three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Christine resist sightseeing in Paris with Claude?

2. What is it that Claude does not know while he waits to see if the Dead Child will be included in the Salon?

3. Who is the art dealer who has made a fortune out of buying pieces and manipulating their prices?

4. What does Christine do just before the deadline to enter a painting at the Salon?

5. Who lives directly across from Fagerolles's small but well appointed mansion?

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