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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sandoz point out to Claude?
(a) the many paintings using his open air style.
(b) that no one is laughing at him now.
(c) that the critics are all looking at his painting.
(d) that the Dead Child is the only original thing hanging.

3. When Christine awakes to find Claude gone, where does she find him?
(a) lying in Jacques's small bed.
(b) hanging from the ladder in front of his painting.
(c) sitting by the fire drinking wine.
(d) dressing to go out into the cold.

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

5. Why does Claude at first not find his painting of the Dead Child?
(a) it is hung in a small room where almost no one goes.
(b) it is hung near the exit in dim light.
(c) it is hung in a hallway.
(d) it is hung very high over large canvases.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "varnishing day"?

2. What idea does Sandoz have that he thinks might change things for Claude?

3. What do Sandoz and Bongrand have to say about Claude's early works of art?

4. What is the subject of Claude's snow scene?

5. How does Christine began to feel about her relationship with Claude?

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