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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 tragedy strikes the Lantier household one night?
(a) Claude falls from his scaffolding.
(b) Christine has a miscarriage.
(c) Jacques dies alone in his bed.
(d) the studio catches on fire.

2. What is it that Claude does not know while he waits to see if the Dead Child will be included in the Salon?
(a) how Bongand exerted his influence on the committee.
(b) how the new committe has changed its ideas.
(c) what Fagerolles does to get it included.
(d) how popular he has suddenly become.

3. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?
(a) he rejects her as a nude model.
(b) he rejects her as an art critic.
(c) he rejects her as a lover.
(d) he rejects her as a patron.

4. How does the young woman want to sleep?
(a) sitting up wrapped in a blanket.
(b) in her wet clothes on the floor.
(c) in her wet clothes sitting up in a chair.
(d) in the bed with Claude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Christine begin to resent Jacques?

2. Why is Christine afraid when she wakes to find Claude not in the bed with her?

3. What purchases does Claude make to get started with his painting?

4. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?

5. Who now has a mansion near Claude's and Christine's cottage?

(see the answer key)

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