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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of the clothes the young artists wear?
(a) down at the heel boots and threadbare jackets.
(b) purely rustic country style clothing.
(c) formal attire even in the daytime.
(d) stuffily overdone.

2. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?
(a) the pressure of building houses caused him to have a breakdown.
(b) it became clear that he really has no talent for architecture.
(c) he was never successful and now cares for his wife and sickly children.
(d) one of his designs became a laughing stock in Paris.

3. 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 miss their train and have to wait for the next one.
(d) they get lost in the woods and miss their train.

4. What makes Claude and Sandoz become exasperated with stupidity of the crowd?
(a) the pushing and shoving.
(b) people eating in the Salon.
(c) their apparent lack of taste.
(d) the sound of laughter.

5. Why does Sandoz stay away from Claude for a time?
(a) his novels are not selling now.
(b) he and Henriette are having problems.
(c) he is giving Claude the cold shoulder.
(d) he is grieving for his dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zola paint Claude Lantier's angst?

2. When was the beginnings of the Bohemian lifestyle of Claude and Pierre?

3. What is it about Claude's use of colors that Christine has difficulty understanding?

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

5. What self imposed time limit has Claude put on finishing his painting called Open Air?

(see the answer key)

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