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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Claude go into one of his rages after Christine leaves?
(a) because he had not taken advantage of her.
(b) because he lost the early morning light to paint by.
(c) because he cannot find anything she had put away.
(d) because of the effect she had on him.

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

4. What suggestion does Pierre make to Claude about Christine?
(a) to spend more time with her.
(b) to marry and make an honest woman of her.
(c) to send her back to Paris.
(d) to bring her flowers.

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

6. What does Claude do the next morning as the young woman sleeps?
(a) he goes out for croisants.
(b) he wakes her up and sends her away.
(c) he makes sketches of her lying in the bed.
(d) he removes the blanket covering her.

7. How does Zola paint Claude Lantier's angst?
(a) by his obsession with time.
(b) by his mood swings over his painting.
(c) by his desire to protect his paintings.
(d) by his partying when he should be working.

8. Who is the ugly family walking along with Dubuche?
(a) the family of Margaillan, a self-made millionaire.
(b) the family of Dubuche's landlord.
(c) the family of Duquersonnièr.
(d) the family of Mathilde.

9. Although Naudet can spot a good deal, how does Claude see him?
(a) as an opportunist who cares little about artists.
(b) as a brilliant critic of good art.
(c) as a leech in the world of art.
(d) as a man who is completely indifferent to good painting.

10. What convinces Claude he still has a vestige of romanticism in his veins?
(a) his desire to paint for tourists.
(b) his love of romantic literature.
(c) his desire to see Christine again.
(d) his interest in a quaint Paris street.

11. When Claude meets Dubuche on his way to the Margaillan house, why does he invite Dubuche for a visit?
(a) to let him see that Christine is pregnant.
(b) to hear what everyone is doing in Paris.
(c) to persuade him to return to the Open Air school.
(d) to make fun of his ostentation.

12. What is Pierre Sandoz's vocation?
(a) he is a musician composing new music.
(b) he is a sculptor doing garden gnomes.
(c) he is a mathematician who loves art.
(d) he is a writer aspiring to sell his first novel.

13. How does Claude often see himself artistically?
(a) as ahead of his time.
(b) as impotent.
(c) as the greatest living artist.
(d) as needing more study.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the beginnings of the Bohemian lifestyle of Claude and Pierre?

3. What does the young woman think about the art she sees in the studio?

4. What two agonies does Sandoz mention that Claude is all too familiar with?

5. Who visits Claude while Christine is hiding behind the screen?

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