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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Jory insist that Claude go with him to see?
(a) Bongrand.
(b) Mathilde.
(c) Irma Bécot.
(d) Ganière.

3. What are the paintings that repulse Christine in Claude's studio?
(a) the nude men.
(b) the distorted faces.
(c) the scary themes.
(d) the nude women.

4. What was the occupation of Mahoudeau before he came to Paris?
(a) a blacksmith.
(b) a grocer.
(c) a stone cutter.
(d) a school teacher.

5. What does Christine not want to discuss with Claude?
(a) the money she keeps hidden from him.
(b) their not being married.
(c) the job she left to be with him.
(d) their lovemaking.

6. What does the young woman think about the art she sees in the studio?
(a) she thinks it is beautiful.
(b) she thinks it is childish.
(c) she thinks it is romantic.
(d) she thinks it is violent.

7. What gift does Christine send Claude just before his opening in the Salon des Refusés?
(a) a lock of her hair.
(b) a book of poetry.
(c) a bouquet of white lilacs.
(d) a pie she baked.

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

9. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?
(a) the Luxemburg Museum.
(b) the Louvre.
(c) on the sidewalks of Paris.
(d) the Salon at the École des Beaux-Arts.

10. What does she notice about Claude's Open Air painting?
(a) her head has been painted on the body of a nude woman.
(b) there is no body under the head of a nude woman.
(c) there is no head on the body of a nude woman.
(d) the nude woman's body looks like hers.

11. What style of art is preferred by the École des Beaux-Arts?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Cubism.

12. Where do Claude and Christine go on a short trip?
(a) to Versailles.
(b) to the countryside and visit an inn called Bennecourt.
(c) to the south of France near the sea.
(d) to the countryside in Claude's home town.

13. How long does Christine stay away after her first return visit to Claude's studio?
(a) a year.
(b) several months.
(c) three weeks.
(d) two days.

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

15. 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 lost a bet.
(d) he won a sculpture contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Claude he still has a vestige of romanticism in his veins?

2. What does Bongrand say is better than being at the top?

3. Ready to leave, what does the young woman do?

4. What ironic switch in attitude occurs when Christine finally agrees to go in public with Claude?

5. When does Claude finally break down and admit his hurt and disappointment?

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