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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Again under the spell of Paris, what does Claude do?
(a) stays as far away from Jacques as possible.
(b) paints night and day on his new masterpiece.
(c) talks a lot about his current work.
(d) makes sketches and plans work that never gets started.

2. Why do Sandoz and Claude not go into the Café Baudequin that night?
(a) they see Fagerolles and Naudet there.
(b) they see Ganière in there alone.
(c) they see Ganière there with Irma.
(d) the place has gone out of business.

3. What painting is almost rejected before it is discovered to be one by a famous artist?
(a) a painting of a nude man and a clothed woman.
(b) a painting of people having a picnic outdoors.
(c) a painting of blue poplars.
(d) a painting of a nude lady under a tree.

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

5. To stay close to Claude and fight her rival, the painting, what does Christine decide to do?
(a) clean his brushes and make great meals.
(b) discourage Claude by saying it is not good.
(c) take a knife to the painting.
(d) be his nude model for the painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claude's mistaken idea about Chaîne?

2. What is the irony of Sandoz's new house?

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

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

5. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?

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