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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the young woman wakes up?
(a) she begins to cry.
(b) she slaps Claude's face.
(c) she asks him to pay her for modelling.
(d) she quickly covers herself.

2. Why does Claude go into one of his rages after Christine leaves?
(a) because of the effect she had on him.
(b) because he cannot find anything she had put away.
(c) because he had not taken advantage of her.
(d) because he lost the early morning light to paint by.

3. Who are the late comers for Sandoz's Thursday soiree?
(a) Mahoudeau and Chaîne.
(b) Malgras and Hugo.
(c) Irma and Christine.
(d) Ganière and Dubuche.

4. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?
(a) on the sidewalks of Paris.
(b) the Salon at the École des Beaux-Arts.
(c) the Louvre.
(d) the Luxemburg Museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the occupation of Mahoudeau before he came to Paris?

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

5. What is Pierre Sandoz's vocation?

(see the answer key)

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