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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 significant change to his appearance does Valerie induce Baron Hulot to make?
(a) He loses weight.
(b) He stops wearing his military uniform.
(c) He stops dying his hair.
(d) He shaves off his beard.

2. Who inadvertently informs Hortense that Wenceslas had lied to her about his whereabouts the evening that he dined with Valerie Marneffe?
(a) Stidman.
(b) Vignon.
(c) Baron Hulot.
(d) Lisbeth.

3. Why does Stidman try to stay away from Wenceslas' house?
(a) He is angry with Wenceslas.
(b) He does not like Bette.
(c) He does not like Hortense.
(d) He is attracted to Hortense.

4. What piece of art created by Wenceslas is generating extreme criticism from his fellow artists, including Stidman?
(a) A statue of Marshal Hulot.
(b) A sculpture of Samson and Delilah.
(c) A statue of Marshal Montcornet.
(d) A silver group depicting deer.

5. How much does Crevel agree to pay for a copy of the silver group ordered by Valerie?
(a) A thousand crowns.
(b) Fifteen hundred pounds.
(c) Ten thousand francs.
(d) Three thousand sous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What solution does Bette offer first when Hortense explains her financial predicament?

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

3. What news does Valerie reveal to Wenceslas in the first letter she writes to him?

4. Where is Monsieur le Baron Henri Montes de Montejanos from?

5. What does Monsieur Crevel give Valerie in exchange for her company?

Short Essay Questions

1. After their initial clandestine meetings, what message does Hector receive in the form of a letter from Valerie? What reason does she give for a change of plans? What is the real reason?

2. What does the regimental quartermaster from Algeria bring to Hector? What was he expecting the quartermaster to have brought him?

3. What post does Valerie ask Hector to obtain for Marneffe? What complications does Hector face in carrying out this wish for his mistress?

4. What publication makes Lisbeth so happy? What event begins a chain of events that will end this happiness?

5. What has happened to Wenceslas professionally in the three years since he has married Hortense? To what is this change attributed?

6. What are the three beauty spots that Valerie Marneffe arranges for her first meeting with Wenceslas? What is Wenceslas' impression of Valerie?

7. Besides the news of the embezzlement scheme in the newspaper, what other news item is featured in the Revue des Beaux-Arts? What is Hortense's reaction to this item?

8. In his letter to the Baron, what does Johann Fischer ask for? What is his plan if Hector cannot help him?

9. What happens when Hector goes to visit Valerie after he receives her letter? How does he receive a message from her and what is communicated?

10. When he returns home after speaking to Valerie about the impossibility of Marneffe's promotion, what does Hector catch Adeline doing? With what intention did he return to his family that evening?

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