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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. Who is the chairman of the Club de l'Intelligence?
(a) Danton.
(b) Dussardier.
(c) Robespierre.
(d) Sénécal.

2. What does Frederic throw at Cisy after he insults Marie Arnoux?
(a) A plate.
(b) A knife.
(c) A fork.
(d) A book.

3. What lie does Frederic tell Deslauriers to explain what happened to the francs he was going to invest in his project?
(a) He lost it in a card game.
(b) He loaned it to Jacques Arnoux.
(c) He loaned it to Regimbart.
(d) He invested it in Dambreuses' company.

4. What are Frederic and Marie Arnoux doing when Rosanette interrupts them in Chapter 3 of Part Three?
(a) Kissing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Crying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pellerin going to ask the government to create when Frederic sees him with a column of followers in the Latin Quarter?

2. Seeing which trinket incites an argument between Rosanette and Mademoiselle Vatnaz?

3. What is the new name of Hussonet's paper, L'Art?

4. Who runs up the stairs of the palace singing the Marseillaise in Chapter 1 of Part Three?

5. Who saves Monsieur Dambreuse's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significant political event takes place at the end of Chapter 6 of Part Two? What effect does this event have on the people of Paris?

2. What does Frederic think when he sees how affected Louise Roque is by his visit? Why is Monsieur Roque interested in seeing his daughter marry Frederic?

3. Who is responsible for arranging Frederic's part in the duel with Cisy? What happens to Cisy when the duel begins? How does the duel end?

4. 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?

5. To whom does Rosanette first turn to get the four thousand francs she needs to pay off her debts? In the end, who is it that loans the money to Frederic on her behalf? Why?

6. What does Frederic do with the fifteen thousand francs he requested from his solicitor to invest in Deslauriers' project? How does he explain his inability to invest this sum to Deslauriers?

7. What effect does Frederic's paying Rosanette's IOU to Mademoiselle Vatnaz have on the relationship between him and Rosanette? What does he begin to notice about her?

8. What does the painting Frederic comments upon in Dambreuse's house depict? Who painted it?

9. Why does Deslauriers go to visit Marie Arnoux? What news does he give her? What is her reaction?

10. What does Frederic think about while he gazes at Monsieur Dambreuse's corpse? What inspires him to consider these things?

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