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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Christine pack up everything to return to Paris?
(a) to put Jacques in a good school.
(b) to live in a warm apartment during the winter.
(c) to save Claude and save her marriage.
(d) to get herself a job to support Claude.

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

4. How does love win out over practicality?
(a) Christine never returns to Passy.
(b) Christine gets MMe. Vandaze to move to Paris.
(c) Christine resigns her position and moves in with Claude.
(d) Christine murders Mme. Vandaze.

5. What do Claude and Christine visit after they find an old boat?
(a) several bridges in the area.
(b) an artist colony nearby.
(c) the farms on the other side of the river.
(d) small islands in the river.

6. Because it is Thursday, what event will take place in the evening?
(a) the meeting of the Salon.
(b) fireworks on the Seine.
(c) dinner at Pierre's house.
(d) a lecture at the Beaux-Arts.

7. Where does Irma say Fagerolles and Jory grew out of?
(a) the same cabbage patch.
(b) the same mansion in the country.
(c) the same gap in the pavement.
(d) the same school of ambitious thought.

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

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

10. Who are the late comers for Sandoz's Thursday soiree?
(a) Malgras and Hugo.
(b) Ganière and Dubuche.
(c) Irma and Christine.
(d) Mahoudeau and Chaîne.

11. What does Claude think about the young woman standing on his doorstep at night?
(a) he thinks she is insane.
(b) he thinks she's a trollop.
(c) he thinks she is looking for work.
(d) he thinks she is beautiful.

12. What is Bongrand's lament about art dealers?
(a) that artists have no chance to improve.
(b) that art has become important to the rich.
(c) that artists get no credit for their work.
(d) that art is fought over by bank notes.

13. How does Claude react to Jory's comments about his painting?
(a) he is confused.
(b) he is aghast.
(c) he is overjoyed.
(d) he is insulted.

14. What reawakens in Claude and Sandoz with their renewed friendship?
(a) their need for nature hikes.
(b) their old doubts about their work.
(c) their old desire for fame.
(d) their sense of competition.

15. Why were girls not allowed in their group of friends back in the village?
(a) because of their shyness.
(b) because they were in an all boys school.
(c) because of their dislike of girls.
(d) because they slept on the ground overnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Claude's friends in Paris think is the ideal life for an artist?

2. What gift does Christine send Claude just before his opening in the Salon des Refusés?

3. Who do Claude, Pierre, and Jory find sitting at a table making sketches with drops of beer?

4. Who is the art dealer who has made a fortune out of buying pieces and manipulating their prices?

5. What are the paintings that repulse Christine in Claude's studio?

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