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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sandoz stay away from Claude for a time?
(a) he is giving Claude the cold shoulder.
(b) he is grieving for his dead mother.
(c) he and Henriette are having problems.
(d) his novels are not selling now.

2. What is the wedding ceremony for Claude and Christine like?
(a) rushed and without emotion.
(b) plain but meaningful.
(c) elaborate and joyful.
(d) quick and exciting.

3. What tragedy strikes the Lantier household one night?
(a) Claude falls from his scaffolding.
(b) Jacques dies alone in his bed.
(c) Christine has a miscarriage.
(d) the studio catches on fire.

4. Why does Claude at first not find his painting of the Dead Child?
(a) it is hung in a hallway.
(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 very high over large canvases.

5. What distresses Christine when Claude returns home from the Salon?
(a) his attempt to destroy his large unfinished canvas.
(b) his unusually happy manner.
(c) his refusal to take her to the Salon.
(d) his strange and cold manner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Dead Child painting finally approved for hanging in the Salon?

2. When Christine awakes to find Claude gone, where does she find him?

3. How is Claude when he and Sandoz return to Paris and go to a restaurant?

4. When Christine opens the door of the bedroom, what is Claude doing?

5. What time does Claude return to his studio home?

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