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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do they return late to Paris?
(a) they miss their train and have to wait for the next one.
(b) they get lost in the woods and miss their train.
(c) they decide to stay over for the night.
(d) they make love and forget the time.

2. How has Claude's past prepared him for living in the country?
(a) he knows how easy it is to hide in the country.
(b) he is just a country boy at heart.
(c) he returns to the nature walks he once had with Sandoz.
(d) he remembers the fresh air of the country.

3. When was the beginnings of the Bohemian lifestyle of Claude and Pierre?
(a) when they moved to Paris.
(b) after they met Delacroix.
(c) after they were rejected by the École des Beaux-Arts.
(d) during their school days.

4. What is the subject of Fagerolles's latest painting?
(a) an actress looking in the mirror.
(b) a clown on a highwire.
(c) a clothed man and a nude woman.
(d) blue poplars and mauve ground.

5. Why are Sandoz and Claude depressed after visiting Dubuche in the country?
(a) he has gone into politics in the provinces.
(b) he has become so important that he has no time for them.
(c) he has become a snobbish art dealer.
(d) he has been reduced to a disrespected care giver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Bongrand now only paints what interests him, why can the Beaux-Arts not overlook him?

2. What is Chaîne working on while the others visit in Mahoudeau's studio?

3. Why do Sandoz and Claude not go into the Café Baudequin that night?

4. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?

5. How does love win out over practicality?

(see the answer key)

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