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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because it is Thursday, what event will take place in the evening?
(a) a lecture at the Beaux-Arts.
(b) fireworks on the Seine.
(c) the meeting of the Salon.
(d) dinner at Pierre's house.

2. What does she notice about Claude's Open Air painting?
(a) there is no body under the head of a nude woman.
(b) the nude woman's body looks like hers.
(c) there is no head on the body of a nude woman.
(d) her head has been painted on the body of a nude woman.

3. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?
(a) on the sidewalks of Paris.
(b) the Luxemburg Museum.
(c) the Louvre.
(d) the Salon at the École des Beaux-Arts.

4. What ironic switch in attitude occurs when Christine finally agrees to go in public with Claude?
(a) now he worries that they will run into her employer.
(b) now he worries that he has no money.
(c) now he worries that they will run into Irma.
(d) now he worries they will run into his friends.

5. Why was Mahoudeau sent to Paris from Plassans?
(a) he lost a bet.
(b) he won a sculpture contest.
(c) he was courting the mayor's daughter.
(d) he was to become an architect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What self imposed time limit has Claude put on finishing his painting called Open Air?

2. What is the condition of the clothes the young artists wear?

3. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?

4. How does Claude often see himself artistically?

5. What style of art is preferred by the École des Beaux-Arts?

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