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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is exploiting Arnoux in Chapter 3 of Part Three?
(a) Rosanette.
(b) Frederic.
(c) The woman from Bordeaux.
(d) Dambreuse.

3. Why does Madame Dambreuse write three letters to Cécile?
(a) She is curious about Cécile's new married life.
(b) She is lonely and misses Cécile since she married and moved away.
(c) She needs money and asks Cécile for a loan.
(d) Monsieur Dambreuse asks to see her when he is on his deathbed.

4. How does Marie Arnoux respond when Deslauriers declares his love for her?
(a) She kisses him.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She faints.
(d) She laughs at him.

5. Who procures a personal letter from Dambreuse supporting Frederic's candidacy?
(a) Madame Dambreuse.
(b) Deslauriers.
(c) Arnoux.
(d) Roque.

6. Where does Jacques Arnoux take Frederic when he would return unexpectedly and find him visiting Marie?
(a) A café in the rue Sainte-Anne to meet with Regimbart.
(b) L'Art Industriel on the Boulevard Montemarte to meet with Hussonet.
(c) His factory in Creil to meet with Sénécal.
(d) The Alhambra in downtown Paris to meet with Rosanette.

7. What effect does the change in government have in Paris?
(a) It saddens everyone.
(b) It makes everyone angry.
(c) It terrifies everyone.
(d) It makes everyone cheerful.

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

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

10. Why does Dussardier decide to give a party?
(a) To celebrate Sénécal's release from prison.
(b) To celebrate his raise in salary.
(c) To celebrate Frederic's birthday.
(d) To celebrate Frederic's engagement to Louise Roque.

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

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

13. What is Cécile's relationship to Monsieur Dambreuse?
(a) She is his adopted daughter.
(b) She is his illegitimate daughter.
(c) She is his second cousin.
(d) She is his niece.

14. Who is traveling in the Victoria and sees Frederic accompanying Rosanette?
(a) Hussonet.
(b) Jacques Arnoux.
(c) Monsieur Oudry.
(d) Marie Arnoux.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosanette reveal her age to be in Chapter 1 of Part Three?

2. What does Madame Dambreuse ask Frederic immediately after she is widowed?

3. Whom does Frederic unexpectedly meet when he goes to Arnoux's factory to fulfill Louise Roque's order?

4. At Dambreuse's funeral mass, who has to tell the congregation when to stand up, when to kneel, and when to sit down again?

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

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