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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. After the party at Sandoz's house, what does Christine do when Claude orders her to return home?
(a) she follows Claude to the top of a tall building.
(b) she follows Claude to where he stands on a bridge.
(c) she follows Claude to just outside the Beaux-Arts.
(d) she follows Claude to Irma's house.

2. Why does Claude suggest that Christine stay with Mme. Vandaze?
(a) she is old and may start needing her more.
(b) she is old and may not need Christine long.
(c) she is old and it is not right to leave her.
(d) she is old and may leave an inheritance for Christine.

3. What are the Salon committee's reactions to Claude's Dead Child painting?
(a) shock or amusement.
(b) excited or indifferent.
(c) positive or skeptical.
(d) disgust or pity.

4. How is Claude received at Duquersonnièr's studio?
(a) by being thrown out of the studio.
(b) with antagonism from the architecture students.
(c) with joy and lots of pats on the back.
(d) by being ignored because they are all busy.

5. What does Claude blame Christine for when his painting does not come out the way he wants?
(a) that she makes too much noise in the studio.
(b) that she is no longer a good model.
(c) that she keeps changing her position while posing.
(d) that she cannot keep Jacques away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zola paint Claude Lantier's angst?

2. Who is the former shepherd from near Plassans whose patron sent him to Paris?

3. What tragedy strikes the Lantier household one night?

4. Where does Claude go to find Dubuche, the aspiring architect?

5. How does Ganière drift away from the group of former art revolutionaries?

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