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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?

2. Who is the ugly family walking along with Dubuche?

3. After renewing his association with Sandoz, what is Claude incessantly talking about?

4. What is Jory's excuse for not writing about anyone in the group?

5. Who is the art dealer who has made a fortune out of buying pieces and manipulating their prices?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the reader understand that Claude is first and foremost an artist?

2. What is another evidence of how the Open air group is drifting apart?

3. Explain the result of Claude's and Christine's visit to the country.

4. What is Claude's goal for gaining acceptance of his art?

5. How does the atmosphere of the country begin to change for Claude and Christine?

6. In what way do some of Claude's friends add to his personal insecurity?

7. Describe Claude's continuing struggle to be accepted by the art circles in Paris.

8. Explain how Sandoz maintains his artistic integrity with his novels.

9. How does Claude hurt Christine deeply with his complaint about her dinner?

10. After returning to Paris, what indicates that Claude is taking Christine for granted and no longer has a romantic love for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic, The Past Cannot Be Recaptured. Using the things Claude and Sandoz see in the country, the essay should explain Zola's statement, "The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones."

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of Art and Art Dealers. The essay topics should include (1) Naudet who could tell which artists could make him money but had no idea about which artist could become a great painter; (2) Bongrand's accusation that art had been reduced to francs, and (3) Malgras who recognized good art but resorted to cheating the artists.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of Getting to the Top. Using Bongrand as an authority, the essay should center on his statement that the "greatest satisfaction was not being at the top, but in getting there." The essay may also include more modern examples of more modern celebrities who rose to the top of their fields only to end up in obscurity.

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