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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Zola describe Irma Bécot?
(a) an important art critic of the day.
(b) a trollop with the makings of a future Parisian courtesan.
(c) a virginal beauty looking for a husband.
(d) a young girl being eaten alive by the city of Paris.

2. What purchases does Claude make to get started with his painting?
(a) a large frame and seamless canvas.
(b) new paints and brushes.
(c) large paper and new pencils to make his sketches.
(d) new lights and a heater for the studio.

3. Where does Irma say Fagerolles and Jory grew out of?
(a) the same mansion in the country.
(b) the same cabbage patch.
(c) the same gap in the pavement.
(d) the same school of ambitious thought.

4. What did the boys indulge themselves in during their youth?
(a) playing pranks on the girls in their school.
(b) planning how to run away from their village.
(c) discussing philosophy with their teacher.
(d) long nature hikes and swimming naked in the river.

5. What does Christine fear if Claude escorts her to the station?
(a) looking like a country hick.
(b) that he will try to take advantage of her.
(c) being seen with a man early in the morning.
(d) that he will ask to see her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ready to leave, what does the young woman do?

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

3. Returning to Paris, what does Christine want to do?

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

5. What style of art is preferred by the École des Beaux-Arts?

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