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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 5 - 148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author dedicates the novel to a scholar who studies which writer?
(a) Dante.
(b) Cervantes.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Boccaccio.

2. What is the amount of Mademoiselle Hortense's dowry expected to be?
(a) Five thousand pounds.
(b) Forty thousand francs.
(c) Two hundred thousand livres.
(d) Thirty thousand pesetas.

3. What gift does the Emperor bestow on the Baroness when she is a young woman?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) A medal of honor.
(d) A cashmere shawl.

4. What happens just as Lisbeth is about to set up her own business?
(a) She becomes gravely ill.
(b) She goes bankrupt.
(c) She accepts a marriage proposal.
(d) The empire collapses.

5. What does Monsieur Crevel suggest that Madame Hulot do to obtain a dowry for her daughter?
(a) Become a seamstress.
(b) Ask her son for a loan.
(c) Ask her cousin for a loan.
(d) Become his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the novel take place?

2. Who buys the group from Wenceslas?

3. What does Lisbeth surmise as the cause of her admirer's failed suicide attempt?

4. How long had Lisbeth's beau been working on the figurine she shows to Hortense?

5. What word means animal of the rocks or chamois?

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