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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. What problem do Sandoz and Dubuche have with Claude's Open Air painting?
(a) the fact that the man is only seen from the back.
(b) the idea of nude women in the park.
(c) the drabness of the color.
(d) the clothed man with nude women.

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

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

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

5. How does the young woman want to sleep?
(a) in the bed with Claude.
(b) sitting up wrapped in a blanket.
(c) in her wet clothes on the floor.
(d) in her wet clothes sitting up in a chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because it is Thursday, what event will take place in the evening?

2. How does Claude often see himself artistically?

3. What happens when the young woman wakes up?

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?

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