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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. Who is Mathilde Jabouille?
(a) the fat wife of the skinny herbalist.
(b) a common trollop who loves Mahoudeau.
(c) the woman Pierre and Claude saw in the herbalist's window.
(d) a wealthy patron ordering a bust of herself.

2. Why does Claude at first not find his painting of the Dead Child?
(a) it is hung in a hallway.
(b) it is hung very high over large canvases.
(c) it is hung near the exit in dim light.
(d) it is hung in a small room where almost no one goes.

3. What do Sandoz and Dubuche see in Claude's studio that captures their attention?
(a) a letter from the Salon committee.
(b) left over croissants from his breakfast.
(c) Claude's sketches of Christine.
(d) small paintings of the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

4. What tragedy strikes the Lantier household one night?
(a) Claude falls from his scaffolding.
(b) Jacques dies alone in his bed.
(c) the studio catches on fire.
(d) Christine has a miscarriage.

5. After renewing his association with Sandoz, what is Claude incessantly talking about?
(a) how Mahoudeau and Chaîne killed off Jabouille.
(b) the École des Beaux-Arts.
(c) going to study in Italy.
(d) people in Paris Christine has never known.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange commission does Claude get from Malgras?

2. What is "varnishing day"?

3. Where does Irma say Fagerolles and Jory grew out of?

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

5. Who has come to the Salon with Ganière?

(see the answer key)

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