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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 does Sénécal believe the sole purpose of art to be?
(a) To leave a lasting cultural artifact.
(b) To please the artist who creates it.
(c) To give pleasure to the masses.
(d) To edify the masses.

2. In Chapter 2 of Part Two, what recent trouble has Arnoux been involved in?
(a) He was in a lawsuit for negligent behavior.
(b) He was in a lawsuit for custody of his children.
(c) He was in a lawsuit over his building land in Belleville.
(d) He was in a lawsuit for defamation of character.

3. What is the name of the beautiful woman's daughter?
(a) Mademoiselle Marthe.
(b) Mademoiselle Margueritte.
(c) Mademoiselle Marie.
(d) Mademoiselle Mirabella.

4. What does Frederic do with the money he gets from selling his new outfit to a second-hand clothes dealer?
(a) He hires a tutor.
(b) He treats Jacques Arnoux to dinner.
(c) He buys a necklace for Marie Arnoux.
(d) He goes to visit his mother.

5. What business does Jacques Arnoux take up after leaving the art business?
(a) Banking.
(b) Ceramics.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Publishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Frederic at the beginning of the novel?

2. What is Frederic planning to study?

3. In what language does Marie Arnoux sing during the dinner party?

4. In Chapter 4, which character sends a letter to Frederic telling him of plans to visit him in Paris?

5. Who is the beautiful woman's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the host of the costume party to which Arnoux brings Frederic? What is this person's relationship to Arnoux?

2. What is Jacques Arnoux's business reputation? Why does Pellerin become so angry with him?

3. What kind of trouble does Frederic discover Arnoux is experiencing? With whom does he discuss this? What does he learn?

4. What business proposition do Hussonet and Deslauriers bring to Frederic? How does Frederic respond?

5. Whom does Frederic go to call upon when he first returns to Paris? Why does he have difficulty finding this person? Who helps Frederic locate this person?

6. What gift does Jacques Arnoux give his wife at her party? Why does he give her this particular gift? What is her reaction? What does she do with the gift during the carriage ride back to Paris?

7. From whom does Madame Moreau borrow money? How does she pay off this debt? How does this affect Frederic's future?

8. What work does Charles Deslauriers do for his father? What unusual physical feature is a result of this work?

9. What is the relationship between Frederic and Deslauriers? How did it begin? What planes do they have for the future?

10. What are some of Frederic's artistic ambitions? What art has he already produced at this point?

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