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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the party at Sandoz's house, what does Christine do when Claude orders her to return home?
2. What does Claude seem to taunt Christine about from gossip he has heard?
3. To stay close to Claude and fight her rival, the painting, what does Christine decide to do?
4. Who generally shows up on varnishing day?
5. Who lives directly across from Fagerolles's small but well appointed mansion?
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 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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of The Development of the Rift Between Claude and Christine. Using this line from the end of Chapter 8--"Never again would they be all-in-all to each other; the rift between them could never be healed. The wife had despoiled the mistress, and marriage seems to have done away with love." Explain in the essay what Zola means by those statements.
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