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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bongrand get rid of Naudet when he comes to buy one of his paintings?
(a) he pretends to be contageous.
(b) he lies that it is already sold.
(c) he says that the painting is not finished.
(d) he charges twice what Naudet wants to pay.

2. Where does Irma say Fagerolles and Jory grew out of?
(a) the same gap in the pavement.
(b) the same school of ambitious thought.
(c) the same mansion in the country.
(d) the same cabbage patch.

3. What does an old man in the woods offer Claude and Christine?
(a) a place to wait till the train comes.
(b) to give them a ride to the train.
(c) some peaches grown in his orchard.
(d) to rent his house in the woods.

4. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?
(a) Irma.
(b) Christine.
(c) Fagerolles.
(d) Pierre.

5. Beside the clothed man and the naked women, what are the people criticizing?
(a) his heavy brush strokes.
(b) his savage color combinations.
(c) his use of the color blue to indicate daylight.
(d) his oddly shaped trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange commission does Claude get from Malgras?

2. What does Bongrand do before Claude sees his work hanging in the Salon des Refusés?

3. What does Christine do the morning after she and Claude consummate their love?

4. To whom does Christine turn to help get Claude out of his depression?

5. Who is the ugly family walking along with Dubuche?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claude hurt Christine deeply with his complaint about her dinner?

2. Describe how Claude further distances himself from Christine and Jacques.

3. What is another evidence of how the Open air group is drifting apart?

4. What is Claude's goal for gaining acceptance of his art?

5. Describe the difference between Sandoz and Jory as writers.

6. What is it that frightens Christine about Claude?

7. What is the pathos of Claude's funeral?

8. How does the reader know that Christine has been thinking of Claude since the night she spent in his studio?

9. How is the decision made to return to Paris?

10. How does Claude exhibit manic behavior during the night?

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