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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. How does Zola paint Claude Lantier's angst?
(a) by his partying when he should be working.
(b) by his desire to protect his paintings.
(c) by his mood swings over his painting.
(d) by his obsession with time.

2. After the Salon, how does Claude behave?
(a) he puts on a façade of not caring.
(b) he happily shows himself in public.
(c) he refuses to see anyone.
(d) he throws himself back into his large painting.

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

4. When was the beginnings of the Bohemian lifestyle of Claude and Pierre?
(a) when they moved to Paris.
(b) after they were rejected by the École des Beaux-Arts.
(c) after they met Delacroix.
(d) during their school days.

5. How does Claude often see himself artistically?
(a) as ahead of his time.
(b) as impotent.
(c) as the greatest living artist.
(d) as needing more study.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Christine turn to help get Claude out of his depression?

2. What causes Claude and Pierre to nudge each other in front of the Herbal Shop?

3. What does Mahoudeau tell Claude there is little market for these days?

4. Why is Claude told not to bring Christine to the Thursday night dinners?

5. What two agonies does Sandoz mention that Claude is all too familiar with?

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