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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rejected for the Prix de Rome, what is Fagerolles now painting?
(a) houses.
(b) slick, compromising pictures.
(c) postcards.
(d) copies of Claude's work.

2. What is the wedding ceremony for Claude and Christine like?
(a) quick and exciting.
(b) plain but meaningful.
(c) elaborate and joyful.
(d) rushed and without emotion.

3. Now that Sandoz is married, what role does his wife, Henriette, play in the household?
(a) she supervises the dinners and takes care of Sandoz mother.
(b) she sits quietly and says nothing during the meetings.
(c) she stays in the kitchen cooking the different dishes.
(d) she stays upstairs with Sandoz's mother.

4. Why does Mahoudeau's sculpture fall over?
(a) an earthquake shakes his studio.
(b) Claude accidentally bumps into it.
(c) Chaîne smashes it out of jealousy over Mathilde.
(d) as the room warms, the clay carving melts.

5. Although Sandoz's novels are selling well, what is happening in literary circles?
(a) his books are being burned.
(b) he is being taken off of library shelves.
(c) he is getting trounced by the critics.
(d) he is being praised as the new style novelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claude think about the young woman standing on his doorstep at night?

2. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?

3. As the novel opens, what is the condition of the weather?

4. Why does Claude do a smaller version of his large painting?

5. How has Jory stirred up the Paris art scene?

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