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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 title did Dambreuse have that he dropped?
(a) Comte.
(b) Professor.
(c) Esquire.
(d) Doctor.

2. What piece of evidence does Marie Arnoux produce during their argument to prove her husband's infidelity?
(a) A glove.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A lock of hair
(d) A bill for cashmere.

3. How old is Frederic at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 18 years old.
(b) 40 years old.
(c) 20 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

4. Where does Frederic run into the Dambreuses at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The Porte-Saint-Martin theatre.
(b) Marie Arnoux's party.
(c) L'Art Industriel.
(d) The Alhambra.

5. Where does Frederic speculate that the beautiful woman may have come from?
(a) India or China.
(b) Mexico or El Salvador.
(c) Australia or the Azores Islands.
(d) Andalusia or the West Indies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the marble plaque on Rue Montemartre say that catches Frederic's eye as he leaves his meeting with Dambreuse?

2. Why does Frederic stop attending class after only two weeks?

3. In Chapter 2 of Part Two, which women in his life does Frederic compare to wild, playful and amusing music, and solemn and almost religious music, respectively?

4. What insult is thrown at Deslauriers that started the schoolyard fight that begins his friendship with Frederic?

5. Who is the author of this novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Whom does Frederic immediately go to visit when he hears that Jacques Arnoux has gone to Germany? What surprise is waiting for him? Where is the person he was looking for?

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

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

5. What does Pellerin do for a living? What type of books does he read? What is the secret he is trying to discover? Why?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe the other people traveling on the ship with Frederic? What do they wear? What are their spirits?

10. What is the title of the novel that Frederic begins writing? Who are the main characters? What is it about?

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