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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. What does Bongrand do before Claude sees his work hanging in the Salon des Refusés?
(a) he gives Claude high praise.
(b) he takes Claude to tea.
(c) he laughs in Claude's face.
(d) he withdraws his own painting.

2. What does Sandoz point out to Claude?
(a) the many paintings using his open air style.
(b) that no one is laughing at him now.
(c) that the Dead Child is the only original thing hanging.
(d) that the critics are all looking at his painting.

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

4. What does Bongrand have to say about Fagerolles's painting?
(a) it is pandering to the masses.
(b) it is a shameless copy of Claude's work.
(c) it is little more than a photograph.
(d) it is fit only for a French postcard.

5. While Pierre and Dubuche are in the studio, what does Claude almost do?
(a) declare his painting finished.
(b) destroy his painting.
(c) commit suicide.
(d) throw them out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Claude and Christine go on a short trip?

2. Beside the clothed man and the naked women, what are the people criticizing?

3. What is "varnishing day"?

4. What are the needs of Jory that Mathilde fulfills so easily?

5. How does the young woman want to sleep?

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