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

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

3. Who is the prostitute posing as who Frederic sees in the palace?
(a) The Mona Lisa.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) The Venus de Milo.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

4. Who runs up the stairs of the palace singing the Marseillaise in Chapter 1 of Part Three?
(a) The Paris People.
(b) Rosanette.
(c) The National Guardsmen.
(d) Monsieur Dambreuse.

5. What does Dussardier consider to be the source of all evil?
(a) Fame.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cécile's relationship to Monsieur Dambreuse?

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

3. What does Frederic throw at Cisy after he insults Marie Arnoux?

4. What was the occupation of Rosanette's parents in Croix-Rousse in Lyon?

5. Why does Frederic decide to return to Paris at the end of Chapter 5 of Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. To which club does Dussardier take Frederic to rally support for his candidacy? Who is the chairman of the club? Whom does Regimbart support instead of Frederic?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 3 of Part Three, what is Frederic's attitude towards living with Rosanette? What does he consider the nicest part of the day? Where do they spend it?

3. What decision to Frederic make about the Arnouxs upon returning to Paris in Chapter 6 of Part Two? What request hampers his plan?

4. On what pretense does Rosanette convince Frederic to visit her? What is the misunderstanding that makes their visit so uncomfortable?

5. How does Frederic respond when Pellerin asks him to pay for the painting of Rosanette he commissioned? What becomes of the painting in the end?

6. What does Mademoiselle Vatnaz believe the role of the woman to be? What is Rosanette's position on the subject?

7. What is revealed about Frederic during the dinner party at the Dambreuse's house in Chapter 2 of Chapter Three that Louise Roque was not aware of? What does she suggest to Frederic after the party? What is his response?

8. How does Arnoux's trusting nature lead to his business trouble with the china clay company? How does this mistake affect him?

9. How does the relationship between Frederic and Rosanette change at the end of Part Two? Where does he take her at the end of Chapter 6?

10. How does Frederic court Madame Dambreuse? What topic of conversation is repeated between the two? How does Frederic feel about Madame Dambreuse in comparison to his other loves?

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