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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bongrand say is better than being at the top?
(a) the journey to the top.
(b) being at the beginning.
(c) the slide down the mountain.
(d) being in the middle.

2. To whom does Christine turn to help get Claude out of his depression?
(a) Malgras.
(b) Sandoz.
(c) Dubuche.
(d) Mahoudeau.

3. What does Bongrand have to say about Fagerolles's painting?
(a) it is little more than a photograph.
(b) it is fit only for a French postcard.
(c) it is pandering to the masses.
(d) it is a shameless copy of Claude's work.

4. What do Claude and Christine plan to do?
(a) sell nude paintings of Christine to tourists.
(b) open a small shop and give up art.
(c) form a commune in the country.
(d) to leave the city and go live in the country house.

5. How does Christine re-enter Claude's life?
(a) she drops by with a thank you gift.
(b) they meet accidentally at the Louvre.
(c) she asks him to pay her for modeling.
(d) she commissions a painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Claude and Christine visit after they find an old boat?

2. What do Claude's friends in Paris think is the ideal life for an artist?

3. As the novel opens, what is the condition of the weather?

4. Although Bongrand now only paints what interests him, why can the Beaux-Arts not overlook him?

5. Who do Claude, Pierre, and Jory find sitting at a table making sketches with drops of beer?

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