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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 particular significance does the name d'Ervy have to the Baron?
(a) It is the name of his first love.
(b) It is the site of a famous battle.
(c) It is his mother's maiden name.
(d) It is his birthplace.

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

3. What had been Monsieur Crevel's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Perfumer.
(d) Pharmacist.

4. What financial difficulty do the Marneffes face?
(a) They have no source of income.
(b) They have medical expenses.
(c) They have to pay off Madame Marneffe's family's debts.
(d) They are behind on their rent payments.

5. Who arranges for Wenceslas to be released from prison?
(a) Crevel.
(b) The Baron.
(c) Lisbeth
(d) Stidman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Madame Marneffe's father?

2. How does Lisbeth know the Marneffes?

3. Who buys the group from Wenceslas?

4. To whom is Lisbeth apprenticed by the Baron?

5. What award does Monseiur Crevel wear on his National Guard uniform?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Who arranges for Wenceslas to be released from prison? How does Wenceslas find out this information?

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

7. What solution does Monsieur Crevel propose to the Baroness for the problem of Hortense's dowry? What other options does he tell her she has available to her?

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

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

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