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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 287 to 437.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Baron Hulot use while he is living with Olympe Bijou?
(a) Pere Thoul.
(b) Pere Vyder.
(c) Pere Hulot.
(d) Pere Goriot.

2. How much time elapses between his mother's funeral and the time when Victorin hears of his father's remarriage?
(a) Eleven months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Eleven days.

3. What does Hortense hide from Wenceslas?
(a) A lover.
(b) A pregnancy.
(c) Money that she borrowed from her mother.
(d) News articles criticizing his work.

4. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?
(a) She laughs it off.
(b) She starts breaking things in the room and has to be restrained.
(c) She becomes sad, shouts and begins to cry.
(d) She faints and has nervous convulsions.

5. What name does Monsieur Crevel give to the modern parable of Monsieur Hulot and his family?
(a) The Friend at Night.
(b) The Bad Samaritan.
(c) The Rich Fool.
(d) The Prodigal Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Adeline give the little money she has received from the Baron, thereby depriving herself even of food?

2. How many beauty spots does Valerie Marneffe arrange on her person for her first meeting with Wenceslas?

3. What financial difficulty do the Marneffes face?

4. What does the narrator consider to be "the most reliable thermometer of wealth in Parisian households"?

5. When Crevel goes to Valerie's flat the morning after his revelation to Hulot, whom does he find at the breakfast table with her?

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