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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?
(a) he rejects her as a patron.
(b) he rejects her as an art critic.
(c) he rejects her as a lover.
(d) he rejects her as a nude model.

3. What is the condition of the clothes the young artists wear?
(a) purely rustic country style clothing.
(b) stuffily overdone.
(c) down at the heel boots and threadbare jackets.
(d) formal attire even in the daytime.

4. What does Christine do just before the deadline to enter a painting at the Salon?
(a) she buys him a new set of paints.
(b) she poses in a wet sheet for Claude.
(c) she urges him to use Irma as a model.
(d) she removes her clothes and poses nude for Claude.

5. What is Chaîne working on while the others visit in Mahoudeau's studio?
(a) a wood carving of a squirrel.
(b) a portrait of Mathilde.
(c) cooking a pot of beans.
(d) a picture of the old stove in the studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ironic switch in attitude occurs when Christine finally agrees to go in public with Claude?

2. Why is Christine able to come to Paris from Passy?

3. What is Pierre Sandoz's vocation?

4. What does the young woman think about the art she sees in the studio?

5. Why has the herbalist's shop seen better days?

(see the answer key)

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