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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 is Pierre Sandoz doing for Claude?
(a) posing for the man in his painting.
(b) bringing him food when he is broke.
(c) paying his rent on the studio.
(d) advising him on how to paint.

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

3. What style of art is preferred by the École des Beaux-Arts?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Impressionism.

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

5. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?
(a) Irma.
(b) Fagerolles.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What self imposed time limit has Claude put on finishing his painting called Open Air?

2. What happens when the young woman wakes up?

3. Who is the former shepherd from near Plassans whose patron sent him to Paris?

4. What does Claude do the next morning as the young woman sleeps?

5. Why does Claude take the young woman to his studio?

(see the answer key)

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