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

2. How does Claude often see himself artistically?
(a) as needing more study.
(b) as impotent.
(c) as the greatest living artist.
(d) as ahead of his time.

3. What is Pierre Sandoz's vocation?
(a) he is a sculptor doing garden gnomes.
(b) he is a musician composing new music.
(c) he is a writer aspiring to sell his first novel.
(d) he is a mathematician who loves art.

4. Why is Christine able to come to Paris from Passy?
(a) she has no contract with her employer.
(b) she carries the mail for her employer.
(c) her employer gives her time off.
(d) she slips out after her employer goes to bed.

5. How long does Christine stay away after her first return visit to Claude's studio?
(a) three weeks.
(b) two days.
(c) several months.
(d) a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Claude see who pretends he has not seen Claude's painting?

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

3. What does Christine fear if Claude escorts her to the station?

4. Why does Sandoz not visit Claude and Christine in the country after August?

5. Because it is Thursday, what event will take place in the evening?

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