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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the estimated worth of the Dambreuse estate?
(a) Thirty million francs.
(b) Thirty thousand francs.
(c) Three million francs.
(d) Three billion francs.

2. When did Dambreuse make the will leaving all of his estate to Cécile?
(a) After Cécile married Martinon.
(b) When he learned of the affair between Frederic and Madame Dambreuse.
(c) During the revolution.
(d) Before he was married.

3. When Frederic leaves Deslauriers with his power of attorney, what is the first dishonest scheme Deslauriers considers and immediately discards?
(a) Seducing Louise Roque.
(b) Purchasing the painting Frederic commissioned from Pellerin.
(c) Asking Arnoux for the job he offered Frederic.
(d) Asking Dambreuse for the job he offered Frederic.

4. Whom does Frederic unexpectedly meet when he goes to Arnoux's factory to fulfill Louise Roque's order?
(a) Sénécal.
(b) Dambreuse.
(c) Marie Arnoux.
(d) Monsieur Roque.

5. What is the new name of Hussonet's paper, L'Art?
(a) Le Titian.
(b) Le Flambard.
(c) Le Cap.
(d) Le Marshal.

6. How long had Monsieur and Madame Dambreuse been married when Cécile came to live with them?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

7. What does Cisy do as soon as the signal to begin the duel is given?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Faints.
(c) Stabs Frederic.
(d) Shoots Frederic.

8. What happens to the francs that Frederic was going to invest in Deslauriers' project?
(a) He loans it to Jacques Arnoux.
(b) He loses it in a card game.
(c) He invests it in Dambreuses' company.
(d) He loans it to Regimbart.

9. What do Frederic and Marie curse during their conversations?
(a) Fate.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Money.
(d) Family.

10. What does the sight of the five bodies killed on the boulevard des Capucines being carried through the streets on a cart change?
(a) The people's mood.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) Hussonet's opinion of the Republic.
(d) Frederic's opinion of the monarchy.

11. In Chapter 6 of Part Two, what does Frederic swear to Marie Arnoux he will never do?
(a) Hide any of Arnoux's secrets from her.
(b) Stop loving her.
(c) Get married.
(d) Foreclose on Arnoux.

12. What does Frederic begin writing to distract himself from his infatuation with Marie Arnoux?
(a) A Treatise on Modern Banking.
(b) A History of the French Revolution.
(c) A Treatise on the French Legal Code.
(d) A History of the Renaissance.

13. Which character is implicated in a scheme involving carbines that are intercepted in Troyes?
(a) Roque.
(b) Dussardier.
(c) Deslauriers.
(d) Dambreuse.

14. In Chapter 3 of Part Two, how does Deslauriers believe politics should be treated?
(a) Stoically.
(b) Personally.
(c) Passionately.
(d) Scientifically.

15. Who arrives at and brings a stop to the duel?
(a) Marie Arnoux.
(b) Deslauriers.
(c) Jacques Arnoux.
(d) Rosanette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the command post of the Château d'Eau under attack?

2. Where does Frederic take Rosanette to escape from the chaos of Paris?

3. What topic does Pellerin discuss with Frederic during Dambreuse's funeral?

4. Who procures a personal letter from Dambreuse supporting Frederic's candidacy?

5. Why does Frederic desist from striking Rosanette after she interrupts his visit with Marie?

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