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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Christine opens the door of the bedroom, what is Claude doing?
(a) he is drinking cognac and weeping.
(b) he is furiously painting his vision of the Ile de la Cité.
(c) he is scraping off the paint on his large canvas.
(d) he is ripping up his large canvas.

3. What does Claude blame Christine for when his painting does not come out the way he wants?
(a) that she cannot keep Jacques away.
(b) that she keeps changing her position while posing.
(c) that she makes too much noise in the studio.
(d) that she is no longer a good model.

4. 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 a nude lady under a tree.
(d) a painting of blue poplars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?

2. After the party at Sandoz's house, what does Christine do when Claude orders her to return home?

3. What distresses Christine when Claude returns home from the Salon?

4. How does Irma Bécot get her revenge on Claude?

5. When Sandoz comes to take Claude away from the studio, who do they find as a barker at a carnival?

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