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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. Realizing the people are laughing at his painting, what is Claude's reaction?
(a) he storms out of the Salon.
(b) his old insecurities about his talent return.
(c) he does not care about their reactions.
(d) he snatches his painting off the wall.

2. Returning to Paris, what does Christine want to do?
(a) get Claude to paint fans for tourists.
(b) find a priest and get married.
(c) resign her position and stay with Claude.
(d) break off her relationship with Claude.

3. Who is Mathilde Jabouille?
(a) a wealthy patron ordering a bust of herself.
(b) the woman Pierre and Claude saw in the herbalist's window.
(c) the fat wife of the skinny herbalist.
(d) a common trollop who loves Mahoudeau.

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

5. In spite of opposition, how does Sandoz continue to write?
(a) honestly and exactly as he feels.
(b) using atrange and unexplained vocabulary.
(c) avoiding any controversial subject.
(d) copying the great literary masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zola describe Irma Bécot?

2. How does love win out over practicality?

3. Why is Christine able to come to Paris from Passy?

4. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?

5. How does Christine re-enter Claude's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader understand that Claude earns a subsistence?

2. In what way do some of Claude's friends add to his personal insecurity?

3. How does Claude attempt to make Christine happy once again?

4. Explain how Sandoz maintains his artistic integrity with his novels.

5. How is history repeated with Claude and his huge canvas?

6. Describe the friendship between Claude, Sandoz, and Dubuche.

7. What is the physical evidence that Dubuche has already deserted to the enemy?

8. Explain the result of Claude's and Christine's visit to the country.

9. Discuss the Salon des Refusés.

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

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