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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the irony of Sandoz's new house?
(a) it is an eclectic and old fashioned abode for a very modern writer.
(b) it is large and ostentacious.
(c) it is in the same area as Irma's and Fagerolles's houses.
(d) it has become a shrine to his late mother.

2. How does Christine begin to resent Jacques?
(a) blaming him for the loss of her virgin body.
(b) wishing he would go away.
(c) being irritated with his demands.
(d) hating to part with the extra money for his upkeep.

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

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

5. What does Sandoz tray to talk Claude out of doing?
(a) sending any more paintings to the Salon.
(b) giving no time to Jacques.
(c) working too many long hours.
(d) placing a nude woman in his painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Sandoz and Claude depressed after visiting Dubuche in the country?

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

3. For a while, how does Claude make a fairly good living?

4. Why does Mahoudeau's sculpture fall over?

5. Why does Claude think his painting of the dead Jacques may be accepted by the Salon committee?

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