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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christine do just before the deadline to enter a painting at the Salon?
(a) she buys him a new set of paints.
(b) she urges him to use Irma as a model.
(c) she removes her clothes and poses nude for Claude.
(d) she poses in a wet sheet for Claude.

2. How do the young men of the Open Air movement see themselves?
(a) as successful artists.
(b) as conquerors of Paris.
(c) as misunderstood prophets.
(d) as lost in a wasteland.

3. What works are shown in the Salon des Refusés?
(a) those from unknown artists.
(b) those eligible for special prizes.
(c) those too good to go in the regular Salon.
(d) those refused for the regular Salon showing.

4. What does Christine do the morning after she and Claude consummate their love?
(a) she returns to Passy and resigns her position.
(b) she goes to confession.
(c) she sends a letter to her employer that she is ill.
(d) she lies to her employer that she has a friend coming to Paris.

5. How has Claude's past prepared him for living in the country?
(a) he is just a country boy at heart.
(b) he knows how easy it is to hide in the country.
(c) he remembers the fresh air of the country.
(d) he returns to the nature walks he once had with Sandoz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Christine pack up everything to return to Paris?

2. What strange commission does Claude get from Malgras?

3. Who is the journalist who drops in while Pierre and Claude are visiting Mahoudeau and Chaîne?

4. What did the boys indulge themselves in during their youth?

5. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?

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