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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Claude go for a cheap lunch?
(a) Pierre's house.
(b) the Fruit and Vegetable Shop.
(c) a hotdog stand.
(d) a third rate wine-shop.

2. How is Claude received at Duquersonnièr's studio?
(a) with antagonism from the architecture students.
(b) with joy and lots of pats on the back.
(c) by being thrown out of the studio.
(d) by being ignored because they are all busy.

3. What was the occupation of Mahoudeau before he came to Paris?
(a) a grocer.
(b) a blacksmith.
(c) a stone cutter.
(d) a school teacher.

4. What is Claude thinking about as he walks home late at night?
(a) his friends he hasn't seen lately.
(b) how he is going to pay his rent.
(c) his unfinished canvas in his studio.
(d) a woman he met walking in the rain.

5. What is Pierre Sandoz's vocation?
(a) he is a sculptor doing garden gnomes.
(b) he is a writer aspiring to sell his first novel.
(c) he is a musician composing new music.
(d) he is a mathematician who loves art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ready to leave, what does the young woman do?

2. What does Sandoz usually have with him when he goes out?

3. What do Sandoz and Dubuche see in Claude's studio that captures their attention?

4. As the novel opens, what is the condition of the weather?

5. What is Pierre Sandoz doing for Claude?

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