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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mathilde Jabouille?
(a) a common trollop who loves Mahoudeau.
(b) the woman Pierre and Claude saw in the herbalist's window.
(c) the fat wife of the skinny herbalist.
(d) a wealthy patron ordering a bust of herself.

2. What does the lusty Jory like about Mahoudeau's sculpture of the Grape Picker?
(a) her ample bosom and thick thighs.
(b) the amount of clay used in the mold.
(c) her feet and hands.
(d) the life-like look of her face.

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

4. 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.

5. What convinces Claude he still has a vestige of romanticism in his veins?
(a) his interest in a quaint Paris street.
(b) his love of romantic literature.
(c) his desire to see Christine again.
(d) his desire to paint for tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Mahoudeau sent to Paris from Plassans?

2. How does Claude often see himself artistically?

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

4. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?

5. Who are the late comers for Sandoz's Thursday soiree?

(see the answer key)

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