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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Christine afraid when she wakes to find Claude not in the bed with her?
(a) she thinks he is working too hard.
(b) she thinks he might be leaving her.
(c) she thinks he is destroying his paintings.
(d) she thinks he might be suicidal.

3. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?
(a) he refuses to change his ideas about modern writing.
(b) he uses Claude's art on the cover of his books.
(c) he is no longer controversial.
(d) he has started turning out traditional prose.

4. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?
(a) by copying masterpieces of other artists.
(b) by selliing small nude paintings of Christine.
(c) by painting murals for rich clients.
(d) by drawing from the capital of his inheritance.

5. What is Claude's mistaken idea about Chaîne?
(a) that he is rich.
(b) that he is proud of his work.
(c) that he has not changed.
(d) that he is happy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Christine confront Claude about the nude woman in his painting?

3. When they find her, where is Christine?

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

5. Who takes charge of the funeral and getting Christine to the hospital?

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