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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. How does Claude behave around Christine?
(a) he is awkward.
(b) he is comfortable.
(c) he is forward.
(d) he is agitated.

2. Why is Claude told not to bring Christine to the Thursday night dinners?
(a) because they quarrel too much.
(b) because she is too uncouth.
(c) because they are not married.
(d) because she needs to be with Jacques.

3. What is it that Claude does not know while he waits to see if the Dead Child will be included in the Salon?
(a) how Bongand exerted his influence on the committee.
(b) what Fagerolles does to get it included.
(c) how the new committe has changed its ideas.
(d) how popular he has suddenly become.

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

5. What does Claude recognize about the group that still comes together for the Thursday night soirees?
(a) that everyone is a success except him.
(b) that it is deteriorating, except for Sandoz.
(c) that it has more power than before.
(d) that they are really helping each other now.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Claude's friends do he and Christine see in the street?

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

4. What is Jory's excuse for not writing about anyone in the group?

5. How does Bongrand get rid of Naudet when he comes to buy one of his paintings?

(see the answer key)

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