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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives directly across from Fagerolles's small but well appointed mansion?
(a) Pierre and Henriette.
(b) Bongrand.
(c) Irma Bécot.
(d) Naudet.

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

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

4. Why does Claude do a smaller version of his large painting?
(a) to check his colors.
(b) to practice his new brush strokes.
(c) to submit to the Salon.
(d) to show Bongrand.

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

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

7. What distresses Christine when Claude returns home from the Salon?
(a) his unusually happy manner.
(b) his attempt to destroy his large unfinished canvas.
(c) his refusal to take her to the Salon.
(d) his strange and cold manner.

8. What does Claude seem to taunt Christine about from gossip he has heard?
(a) that she was too stupid to find a job.
(b) that Mme. Vandaze died and left fortunes to her servants.
(c) that God cursed her with an unnatural child.
(d) that a man was coming to the studio when Claude was away.

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

10. Who generally shows up on varnishing day?
(a) the elite of Paris society.
(b) the artists whose works are included.
(c) only the Paris art critics.
(d) the riff-raff of Paris.

11. How is Claude when he and Sandoz return to Paris and go to a restaurant?
(a) he is agitated and angry at how the country has changed.
(b) he talks about quitting painting and starting to write.
(c) he is withdrawn and silent during dinner.
(d) he is happy and resolved to return to his large canvas.

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

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

14. What does Sandoz think might be better for true artists?
(a) to live and die an unknown.
(b) to develop a following in England.
(c) to keep all their works until their death.
(d) to live in Italy instead of France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on the wedding night?

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

3. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?

4. Which friends of Claude's show up at the funeral?

5. What is the wedding ceremony for Claude and Christine like?

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