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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 Claude often see himself artistically?
(a) as the greatest living artist.
(b) as impotent.
(c) as ahead of his time.
(d) as needing more study.

2. When is the laughter the loudest?
(a) when they reach Bongrand's picture.
(b) when they reach Marhoudeau's sculpture.
(c) when they reach Claude's picture.
(d) when they reach Dubuche's architectural drawing.

3. What is Bongrand's lament about art dealers?
(a) that art is fought over by bank notes.
(b) that art has become important to the rich.
(c) that artists have no chance to improve.
(d) that artists get no credit for their work.

4. How does Zola paint Claude Lantier's angst?
(a) by his obsession with time.
(b) by his partying when he should be working.
(c) by his mood swings over his painting.
(d) by his desire to protect his paintings.

5. Where do Claude and Christine go on a short trip?
(a) to the countryside in Claude's home town.
(b) to the countryside and visit an inn called Bennecourt.
(c) to the south of France near the sea.
(d) to Versailles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back in Paris, Claude returns to walking the streets and leaves what up to Christine?

2. Where does Claude go for a cheap lunch?

3. Who does Claude see who pretends he has not seen Claude's painting?

4. Because it is Thursday, what event will take place in the evening?

5. What does Mahoudeau tell Claude there is little market for these days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the scene in the the Café Baudequin that adds to the image of defeat for the open air school of thought?

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

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

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

5. How has Fagerolles become swallowed up by the commercial world of art?

6. How does the behavior of Dubuche foreshadow the deterioration of the Open Air group of young Bohemian artists?

7. Describe the irony when Christine finally agrees to walk with Claude in public.

8. Discuss the Salon des Refusés.

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

10. Describe Claude's continuing struggle to be accepted by the art circles in Paris.

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