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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Claude does not know while he waits to see if the Dead Child will be included in the Salon?
(a) what Fagerolles does to get it included.
(b) how the new committe has changed its ideas.
(c) how popular he has suddenly become.
(d) how Bongand exerted his influence on the committee.

2. When Christine suggests they go away somewhere to be happy, what is Claude's reply?
(a) hat he does not want to be happy, he only wants to paint.
(b) that he will think about it.
(c) that she sounds just like Sandoz.
(d) that he can only be happy in his studio.

3. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?
(a) by selliing small nude paintings of Christine.
(b) by drawing from the capital of his inheritance.
(c) by painting murals for rich clients.
(d) by copying masterpieces of other artists.

4. What is the irony of Sandoz's new house?
(a) it is an eclectic and old fashioned abode for a very modern writer.
(b) it is in the same area as Irma's and Fagerolles's houses.
(c) it has become a shrine to his late mother.
(d) it is large and ostentacious.

5. What time does Claude return to his studio home?
(a) a week later.
(b) the next day.
(c) about three in the morning.
(d) about dawn.

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

7. Why are Sandoz and Claude depressed after visiting Dubuche in the country?
(a) he has become a snobbish art dealer.
(b) he has been reduced to a disrespected care giver.
(c) he has become so important that he has no time for them.
(d) he has gone into politics in the provinces.

8. After the Salon, how does Claude behave?
(a) he puts on a façade of not caring.
(b) he throws himself back into his large painting.
(c) he happily shows himself in public.
(d) he refuses to see anyone.

9. For a while, how does Claude make a fairly good living?
(a) painting portraits of children.
(b) copying the old masters.
(c) doing sketches for a newspaper.
(d) painting flower still lifes for British tourists.

10. To stay close to Claude and fight her rival, the painting, what does Christine decide to do?
(a) discourage Claude by saying it is not good.
(b) be his nude model for the painting.
(c) clean his brushes and make great meals.
(d) take a knife to the painting.

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

12. Why is Christine afraid when she wakes to find Claude not in the bed with her?
(a) she thinks he might be leaving her.
(b) she thinks he is destroying his paintings.
(c) she thinks he is working too hard.
(d) she thinks he might be suicidal.

13. What does Claude blame Christine for when his painting does not come out the way he wants?
(a) that she is no longer a good model.
(b) that she cannot keep Jacques away.
(c) that she keeps changing her position while posing.
(d) that she makes too much noise in the studio.

14. What is the wedding ceremony for Claude and Christine like?
(a) elaborate and joyful.
(b) rushed and without emotion.
(c) quick and exciting.
(d) plain but meaningful.

15. Why does Sandoz stay away from Claude for a time?
(a) his novels are not selling now.
(b) he is grieving for his dead mother.
(c) he and Henriette are having problems.
(d) he is giving Claude the cold shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?

2. What purchases does Claude make to get started with his painting?

3. When he submits the snow scene to the Beaux-Arts Salon, what happens?

4. How do Claude's friends react to his latest painting?

5. How does Ganière drift away from the group of former art revolutionaries?

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