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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 is the subject of Claude's snow scene?
(a) two children building a snowman.
(b) snow on the tops of Paris buildings.
(c) a fine carriage drawn by two white horses.
(d) two ragged urchins eating stolen apples.

2. What is Chaîne working on while the others visit in Mahoudeau's studio?
(a) a portrait of Mathilde.
(b) a picture of the old stove in the studio.
(c) a wood carving of a squirrel.
(d) cooking a pot of beans.

3. How do the young men of the Open Air movement see themselves?
(a) as conquerors of Paris.
(b) as lost in a wasteland.
(c) as misunderstood prophets.
(d) as successful artists.

4. What causes Claude and Pierre to nudge each other in front of the Herbal Shop?
(a) the thin and dark woman staring at them from the shop.
(b) the smell coming from the shop.
(c) the ugly sculpture of a starving child.
(d) their friend, Mahoudeau, coming out of the shop.

5. What is Claude thinking about as he walks home late at night?
(a) how he is going to pay his rent.
(b) his unfinished canvas in his studio.
(c) a woman he met walking in the rain.
(d) his friends he hasn't seen lately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Claude and Christine visit after they find an old boat?

2. What makes Claude and Sandoz become exasperated with stupidity of the crowd?

3. What is Pierre Sandoz's vocation?

4. What is "varnishing day"?

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

(see the answer key)

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