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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he submits the snow scene to the Beaux-Arts Salon, what happens?
(a) it is disqualified because of its size.
(b) it is highly praised.
(c) it is damaged and returned to him.
(d) it is rejected.

2. After finally getting Claude back in bed, what happens in Claude's head?
(a) he plots how to get rid of Christine.
(b) he hears the laughter of the people in the Salon.
(c) he hears the woman in his painting calling him.
(d) he has a stroke and becomes paralyzed.

3. When Sandoz comes to take Claude away from the studio, who do they find as a barker at a carnival?
(a) Ganière
(b) Chaîne.
(c) Dubuche.
(d) Mahoudeau.

4. What is "varnishing day"?
(a) the day before the Salon opens.
(b) the day they frame the paintings.
(c) the day they redecorate the Salon.
(d) the day they allow art critics to view the paintings.

5. When they find her, where is Christine?
(a) headed for the train station.
(b) holding Claude's head in her lap.
(c) posing nude for Claude's painting.
(d) lying half dead on the floor.

6. What does Sandoz tray to talk Claude out of doing?
(a) working too many long hours.
(b) sending any more paintings to the Salon.
(c) placing a nude woman in his painting.
(d) giving no time to Jacques.

7. What happens on the wedding night?
(a) Claude is unable to make love to Christine.
(b) Christine goes to bed alone and Claude sketches.
(c) Jacques gets sick and Christine has to stay with him.
(d) It is like old times in the country.

8. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?
(a) the pressure of building houses caused him to have a breakdown.
(b) one of his designs became a laughing stock in Paris.
(c) he was never successful and now cares for his wife and sickly children.
(d) it became clear that he really has no talent for architecture.

9. What do Sandoz and Bongrand have to say about Claude's early works of art?
(a) they agree that they had only promise of greatness.
(b) they agree they were extraordinary pieces.
(c) they agree that they led him in the wrong direction.
(d) they agree that they will go up in value.

10. 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 keeps changing her position while posing.
(c) that she cannot keep Jacques away.
(d) that she is no longer a good model.

11. Why is Christine under so much nervous tension after they get back to Paris?
(a) the studio is small and Jacques is often in the way.
(b) too many people come to visit.
(c) she thinks she might be pregnant again.
(d) Claude seldom comes home.

12. What purchases does Claude make to get started with his painting?
(a) new paints and brushes.
(b) new lights and a heater for the studio.
(c) a large frame and seamless canvas.
(d) large paper and new pencils to make his sketches.

13. What idea does Sandoz have that he thinks might change things for Claude?
(a) having another Thursday evening dinner at his house.
(b) writing a novel about a painter like Claude.
(c) throwing a surprise party for Claude and Christine.
(d) taking Claude on a trip to Italy.

14. What is Claude's mistaken idea about Chaîne?
(a) that he has not changed.
(b) that he is happy.
(c) that he is rich.
(d) that he is proud of his work.

15. How does Christine begin to resent Jacques?
(a) hating to part with the extra money for his upkeep.
(b) wishing he would go away.
(c) blaming him for the loss of her virgin body.
(d) being irritated with his demands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Again under the spell of Paris, what does Claude do?

2. How does Irma Bécot get her revenge on Claude?

3. What are the Salon committee's reactions to Claude's Dead Child painting?

4. What distresses Christine when Claude returns home from the Salon?

5. What is the subject of Claude's snow scene?

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