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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. What does Bongrand have to say about Fagerolles's painting?
(a) it is little more than a photograph.
(b) it is pandering to the masses.
(c) it is a shameless copy of Claude's work.
(d) it is fit only for a French postcard.

2. What is Claude thinking about as he walks home late at night?
(a) a woman he met walking in the rain.
(b) his friends he hasn't seen lately.
(c) his unfinished canvas in his studio.
(d) how he is going to pay his rent.

3. What reawakens in Claude and Sandoz with their renewed friendship?
(a) their old desire for fame.
(b) their need for nature hikes.
(c) their old doubts about their work.
(d) their sense of competition.

4. Although Sandoz's novels are selling well, what is happening in literary circles?
(a) he is being praised as the new style novelist.
(b) his books are being burned.
(c) he is being taken off of library shelves.
(d) he is getting trounced by the critics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?

2. Now that Sandoz is married, what role does his wife, Henriette, play in the household?

3. After renewing his association with Sandoz, what is Claude incessantly talking about?

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

5. How does Bongrand get rid of Naudet when he comes to buy one of his paintings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Claude's behavior after the Salon.

6. How does the foreshadowed tragedy come to pass?

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

8. How is Sandoz, the one character besides Claude who remains steadfast to the revolt against romanticism, able to remain steadfast to their revolutionary ideas?

9. When Claude finally locates his painting, how does he once again feel rejected?

10. Describe the image of Claude, Sandoz, Jory, and Chaîne marching through the streets of Paris.

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