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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What causes Claude and Pierre to nudge each other in front of the Herbal Shop?
(a) the ugly sculpture of a starving child.
(b) their friend, Mahoudeau, coming out of the shop.
(c) the smell coming from the shop.
(d) the thin and dark woman staring at them from the shop.

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

5. How do the young men of the Open Air movement see themselves?
(a) as conquerors of Paris.
(b) as successful artists.
(c) as lost in a wasteland.
(d) as misunderstood prophets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were girls not allowed in their group of friends back in the village?

2. Who is the journalist who drops in while Pierre and Claude are visiting Mahoudeau and Chaîne?

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

4. What are the paintings that repulse Christine in Claude's studio?

5. What does Christine do the morning after she and Claude consummate their love?

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