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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the site that arouses Claude's enthusiasm after failing again to be included in the Salon?
(a) Cathedral Notre Dame.
(b) the Ile de la Cité.
(c) the Eiffel Tower.
(d) ice on the Seine.

2. What does an old man in the woods offer Claude and Christine?
(a) to give them a ride to the train.
(b) to rent his house in the woods.
(c) a place to wait till the train comes.
(d) some peaches grown in his orchard.

3. Why does Mahoudeau's sculpture fall over?
(a) an earthquake shakes his studio.
(b) Claude accidentally bumps into it.
(c) as the room warms, the clay carving melts.
(d) Chaîne smashes it out of jealousy over Mathilde.

4. Who now has a mansion near Claude's and Christine's cottage?
(a) Pierre Sandoz.
(b) the Margaillan family.
(c) Bongrand.
(d) Irma Bécot.

5. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Fagerolles.
(c) Irma.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Claude and Pierre to nudge each other in front of the Herbal Shop?

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

3. In spite of opposition, how does Sandoz continue to write?

4. What is it about Claude's use of colors that Christine has difficulty understanding?

5. What makes Claude and Sandoz become exasperated with stupidity of the crowd?

(see the answer key)

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