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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who considers herself to be the family confessional?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Lisbeth.
(c) Adeline.
(d) Jenny Cadine.

3. Why does the Baron want Lisbeth to move to the Rue Vaneau?
(a) To live in a more fashionable area.
(b) To be closer to the family.
(c) To spy on Madame Marneffe.
(d) To distance her from Hortense.

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

5. What is the significance of the name Mirah?
(a) It is the German word for light.
(b) It is the name of a town in Israel.
(c) It is an anagram of Hiram, thereby denoting Jewish heritage.
(d) It is the name of a German town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sees Monsieur Hulot in a front stall at the Varietes with Jenny Cadine?

2. What had been Monsieur Crevel's profession?

3. How much older is the Baroness than her cousin Bette?

4. With what major event do the beginnings of Monsieur Hulot's infidelities coincide?

5. What particular significance does the name d'Ervy have to the Baron?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lisbeth meet Wenceslas in the first place? What is the relationship between them after this first meeting?

2. Why does the Baroness summon Monsieur Crevel? Which of Monsieur Crevel's actions have affected the Baroness? Why has he acted this way?

3. Who is Valerie Marneffe's father? Why does she inherit nothing upon his death?

4. With whom does Lisbeth discuss the Baron's fascination with Valerie Marneffe? According to Lisbeth, what has Baron Hulot done to win her favor?

5. How do Monsieur Crevel and Monsieur Hulot know one another? How are they related? What occasioned their falling out?

6. After Wenceslas sells his bronze group, who comes to visit Lisbeth at her flat? What is the purpose of this visit?

7. Where does the Baron go after he finds the opera to be closed? What does he learn when he arrives there?

8. What does Lisbeth advise Wenceslas to do after the visit from Monsieur Grasset and what reason does she give for this? What does she promise to do?

9. Where does Monsieur Grasset take Wenceslas? Why does this happen to the young artist?

10. What proof does Lisbeth provide of the existence of her admirer? What does she receive from Hortense in exchange for this information?

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