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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 type of woman does Monsieur Crevel confess to Lisbeth that he has never had until his relationship with Valerie?
(a) A society woman.
(b) A talented woman.
(c) A beautiful woman.
(d) A decent woman.

2. What proof of Wenceslas' infidelity does Hortense receive?
(a) The testimony of a witness.
(b) A confession.
(c) A letter from Valerie.
(d) A photograph.

3. With whom does Wenceslas claim to be dining while he is at Valerie Marneffe's house?
(a) Chanor and Florent.
(b) Hulot and Crevel.
(c) Vignon and Vauvinet.
(d) Stidman and Wissembourg.

4. When Crevel goes to Valerie's flat the morning after his revelation to Hulot, whom does he find at the breakfast table with her?
(a) Hulot and Steinbock.
(b) Montejanos and Steinbock.
(c) Montejanos and Lisbeth.
(d) Lisbeth and Hulot.

5. What is happening when the arrival of the Baron Montes de Montejanos is announced?
(a) Valerie and Lisbeth are scheming to have the Marshal propose marriage to Bette.
(b) Guests are playing games in Valerie Marneffe's drawing-room.
(c) Valerie and Baron Hulot are sitting down to dinner.
(d) Valerie and Crevel are having an argument in her room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hortense tell Wenceslas she would have done in retribution if she had discovered that he was having an affair after their first quarrel?

2. What does Monsieur Marneffe do when Hector tries to enter his house after receiving Valerie's letter?

3. What does Wenceslas produce in the early part of his marriage in addition to and contrasting with the statue he has been hired to design by the Prince of Wissembourg?

4. Why does Stidman try to stay away from Wenceslas' house?

5. Who is the third man to whom Valerie Marneffe tells he is going to be the father of her child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adeline advise Hortense to do after her first quarrel with Wenceslas over Valerie Marneffe? What does Adeline reveal to her daughter about her own marriage?

2. What plan does Adeline conceive to save her uncle? What is the outcome?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. What problem with her husband does Valerie alert Hector to in a letter? What solution does she suggest to this predicament? How does Hector respond to this suggestion?

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

8. How does Valerie use her pregnancy to benefit financially and socially? Which men are affected by this news?

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

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

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