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

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

3. Who steals Lisbeth's admirer?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Madame Marneffe.
(c) The Baroness.
(d) Celestine Crevel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Madame Marneffe denied an inheritance?

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

3. Why does the Baron decide to give Lisbeth a trade?

4. Who is Madame Marneffe's father?

5. What financial difficulty do the Marneffes face?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lisbeth describe her relationship with Wenceslas to Valerie Marneffe? What proof of his connection to Hortense does Valerie show to Lisbeth?

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

4. What information about Wenceslas' professional life does Valerie give to Lisbeth? What information about Wenceslas' personal life does she give Lisbeth? How does Lisbeth react to this news?

5. Whom does Wenceslas see when he returns home? Whom does he say has purchased his bronze group and offered him work?

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

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

8. What plan do Lisbeth and Hortense agree upon to help out Lisbeth's admirer? Who accompanies Hortense on this mission? Whom does her escort take notice of during this venture?

9. Whom does Hortense decide to marry? What is the relationship between Hortense's intended and Lisbeth? Why does Baron Hulot tell her that Cousin Bette will not be an obstacle to Hortense's intended marriage?

10. Who is the first character introduced in the novel? What information is surmised about his age? How is this information revealed?

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