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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 did the boys indulge themselves in during their youth?
(a) long nature hikes and swimming naked in the river.
(b) planning how to run away from their village.
(c) playing pranks on the girls in their school.
(d) discussing philosophy with their teacher.

2. Why were girls not allowed in their group of friends back in the village?
(a) because they were in an all boys school.
(b) because of their dislike of girls.
(c) because of their shyness.
(d) because they slept on the ground overnight.

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

4. As the novel opens, what is the condition of the weather?
(a) a dust storm.
(b) a rainstorm.
(c) a snow storm.
(d) a clear, starry night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zola paint Claude Lantier's angst?

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

3. What convinces Claude he still has a vestige of romanticism in his veins?

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

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

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