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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 Mahoudeau tell Claude there is little market for these days?
(a) angels and saints.
(b) large classic statues.
(c) Grape Pickers.
(d) garden sculpture.

2. How does Claude think Irma has changed?
(a) from a common guttersnipe into a "courtesan by Titian."
(b) from a possible model into a fat disaster.
(c) from an innocent girl into a weathered hag.
(d) from a trollop into a lady.

3. What causes Claude and Pierre to nudge each other in front of the Herbal Shop?
(a) their friend, Mahoudeau, coming out of the shop.
(b) the ugly sculpture of a starving child.
(c) the thin and dark woman staring at them from the shop.
(d) the smell coming from the shop.

4. As the novel opens, what is the condition of the weather?
(a) a dust storm.
(b) a clear, starry night.
(c) a rainstorm.
(d) a snow storm.

5. To whom does Christine turn to help get Claude out of his depression?
(a) Dubuche.
(b) Sandoz.
(c) Malgras.
(d) Mahoudeau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the herbalist's shop seen better days?

2. Where does Claude go to find Dubuche, the aspiring architect?

3. Who does Claude see who pretends he has not seen Claude's painting?

4. What does Bongrand have to say about Fagerolles's painting?

5. Who do Claude, Pierre, and Jory find sitting at a table making sketches with drops of beer?

(see the answer key)

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