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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Mahoudeau sent to Paris from Plassans?
(a) he was to become an architect.
(b) he won a sculpture contest.
(c) he lost a bet.
(d) he was courting the mayor's daughter.

2. What are the needs of Jory that Mathilde fulfills so easily?
(a) his poverty and his insecurity.
(b) his limited time and his ignorance.
(c) his ambition and his carelessness.
(d) his sexual addiction and his miserliness.

3. Who is Jory looking for when he bumps into Claude?
(a) Irma.
(b) Chaîne.
(c) Mathilde.
(d) Bongrand.

4. What happens on the wedding night?
(a) Claude is unable to make love to Christine.
(b) Christine goes to bed alone and Claude sketches.
(c) Jacques gets sick and Christine has to stay with him.
(d) It is like old times in the country.

5. Why do they return late to Paris?
(a) they make love and forget the time.
(b) they decide to stay over for the night.
(c) they get lost in the woods and miss their train.
(d) they miss their train and have to wait for the next one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mahoudeau's comment after the sculpture falls apart?

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

3. What convinces Claude he still has a vestige of romanticism in his veins?

4. Why does Mahoudeau's sculpture fall over?

5. How does Claude often see himself artistically?

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