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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the Baroness' son?
(a) Pharmacist.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Milliner.

2. What item does Hortense promise Lisbeth in exchange for proof of her beau's existence?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A yellow cashmere shawl.
(c) A parasol.
(d) A feathered hat.

3. Who informs Lisbeth that Wenceslas is to marry Hortense?
(a) The Baroness.
(b) Madame Marneffe.
(c) Hortense.
(d) Wenceslas.

4. What is the nationality of Lisbeth's romantic interest?
(a) Pole.
(b) German.
(c) Russian.
(d) Swiss.

5. What year does the novel take place?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1538.

6. Who sees Monsieur Hulot in a front stall at the Varietes with Jenny Cadine?
(a) Mademoiselle Hortense.
(b) Monsieur Hulot's son.
(c) Cousin Bette.
(d) The Baroness.

7. What job does the Baroness' son aspire to?
(a) A government minister.
(b) A general in the Army.
(c) A supreme court justice.
(d) Doing nothing.

8. What reason does Lisbeth give Hortense and the Baroness for Wenceslas' decision to go to Russia?
(a) He has political motivations for going there.
(b) He has been offered a commission by the Czar.
(c) He has received a letter from his wife summoning him.
(d) He has fled from his debts in France.

9. Who is Madame Marneffe's father?
(a) Monsieur Crevel.
(b) The Baron.
(c) The Comte of Clichy.
(d) The Comte of Montcornet.

10. How does Lisbeth know the Marneffes?
(a) Lisbeth worked for Monsieur Marneffe.
(b) They work in the same building.
(c) They live in the same building.
(d) They attend the same church.

11. Which country does Monsieur Crevel dream of visiting?
(a) Norway.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Sweden.

12. What reason does Lisbeth give Wenceslas to convince him not to write to anyone from jail about his predicament?
(a) To not make the authorities suspicious.
(b) To not anger her moneylender.
(c) To not worry his friends.
(d) To protect his reputation.

13. To what animal does Monsieur Crevel compare Mademoiselle Hortense in his conversation with the Baroness?
(a) A fox.
(b) A pig.
(c) A nightingale.
(d) A thoroughbred horse.

14. What word means animal of the rocks or chamois?
(a) Steinbock.
(b) Hulot.
(c) Rocamadour.
(d) Crevel.

15. How long had Lisbeth's beau been working on the figurine she shows to Hortense?
(a) Ten months.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his dedication, to what job does the author compare his work as a novelist?

2. With whom is Lisbeth on good terms in all of the houses she frequents?

3. According to the narrator, what is the fundamental feature of Lisbeth's character?

4. What commission does the Baron get for Lisbeth's admirer?

5. Who arranges for Wenceslas to be released from prison?

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