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

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

3. Why does Claude take the young woman to his studio?
(a) he expects to hire her as a maid.
(b) he wants her to sleep with him.
(c) he feels he cannot leave her outside in the storm.
(d) he wants to use her as a madel.

4. What does Claude think about the young woman standing on his doorstep at night?
(a) he thinks she is insane.
(b) he thinks she is looking for work.
(c) he thinks she's a trollop.
(d) he thinks she is beautiful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange commission does Claude get from Malgras?

2. What did the boys indulge themselves in during their youth?

3. Why was Mahoudeau sent to Paris from Plassans?

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

5. What happens when the young woman wakes up?

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