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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. How does Christine begin to resent Jacques?
(a) being irritated with his demands.
(b) wishing he would go away.
(c) hating to part with the extra money for his upkeep.
(d) blaming him for the loss of her virgin body.

2. What does Christine do just before the deadline to enter a painting at the Salon?
(a) she urges him to use Irma as a model.
(b) she buys him a new set of paints.
(c) she removes her clothes and poses nude for Claude.
(d) she poses in a wet sheet for Claude.

3. Why was Mahoudeau sent to Paris from Plassans?
(a) he lost a bet.
(b) he was courting the mayor's daughter.
(c) he was to become an architect.
(d) he won a sculpture contest.

4. How does Ganière drift away from the group of former art revolutionaries?
(a) by marrying his old maid music teacher.
(b) by spending all his time at concerts.
(c) by practicing the piano many hours a day.
(d) by returning to the classics.

5. How does Christine began to feel about her relationship with Claude?
(a) that she made a mistake falling in love with Claude.
(b) that she is playing second fiddle to a painting.
(c) that she knows how to get him back.
(d) that she has grown tired and ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zola describe Irma Bécot?

2. What does the lusty Jory like about Mahoudeau's sculpture of the Grape Picker?

3. How does Claude think Irma has changed?

4. When Claude meets Dubuche on his way to the Margaillan house, why does he invite Dubuche for a visit?

5. What does Claude blame Christine for when his painting does not come out the way he wants?

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