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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 gift does Christine send Claude just before his opening in the Salon des Refusés?
(a) a lock of her hair.
(b) a pie she baked.
(c) a book of poetry.
(d) a bouquet of white lilacs.

2. What is Claude thinking about as he walks home late at night?
(a) a woman he met walking in the rain.
(b) how he is going to pay his rent.
(c) his unfinished canvas in his studio.
(d) his friends he hasn't seen lately.

3. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?
(a) he was never successful and now cares for his wife and sickly children.
(b) it became clear that he really has no talent for architecture.
(c) one of his designs became a laughing stock in Paris.
(d) the pressure of building houses caused him to have a breakdown.

4. Although frequently inspired by what he sees in the country, how does Claude react?
(a) he complains that he has no canvases.
(b) he lost his confidence after the Salon.
(c) he starts paintings but never finishes them.
(d) he procrastinates, although Christine urges him to paint.

5. What does Sandoz tray to talk Claude out of doing?
(a) sending any more paintings to the Salon.
(b) giving no time to Jacques.
(c) placing a nude woman in his painting.
(d) working too many long hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude recognize about the group that still comes together for the Thursday night soirees?

2. Now that Sandoz is married, what role does his wife, Henriette, play in the household?

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

4. What is the condition of the clothes the young artists wear?

5. Why does Claude do a smaller version of his large painting?

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