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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 does Sandoz tray to talk Claude out of doing?
(a) working too many long hours.
(b) giving no time to Jacques.
(c) sending any more paintings to the Salon.
(d) placing a nude woman in his painting.

2. Who is the ugly family walking along with Dubuche?
(a) the family of Mathilde.
(b) the family of Duquersonnièr.
(c) the family of Margaillan, a self-made millionaire.
(d) the family of Dubuche's landlord.

3. Where does Claude go to find Dubuche, the aspiring architect?
(a) Pierre Sandoz's house.
(b) the École des Beaux-Arts.
(c) the bistro where they often meet.
(d) Duquersonnièr's studio.

4. When does Claude finally break down and admit his hurt and disappointment?
(a) when a small child begins to laugh at the painting.
(b) when he returns home and finds Christine there.
(c) when Bongrand tries to cheer him up.
(d) when he is alone with Sandoz.

5. Rejected for the Prix de Rome, what is Fagerolles now painting?
(a) slick, compromising pictures.
(b) houses.
(c) postcards.
(d) copies of Claude's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Christine send Claude just before his opening in the Salon des Refusés?

2. What does Bongrand do before Claude sees his work hanging in the Salon des Refusés?

3. Who is Mathilde Jabouille?

4. Realizing the people are laughing at his painting, what is Claude's reaction?

5. Although Sandoz's novels are selling well, what is happening in literary circles?

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