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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distresses Christine when Claude returns home from the Salon?
(a) his attempt to destroy his large unfinished canvas.
(b) his strange and cold manner.
(c) his unusually happy manner.
(d) his refusal to take her to the Salon.

2. Although frequently inspired by what he sees in the country, how does Claude react?
(a) he lost his confidence after the Salon.
(b) he starts paintings but never finishes them.
(c) he complains that he has no canvases.
(d) he procrastinates, although Christine urges him to paint.

3. When he submits the snow scene to the Beaux-Arts Salon, what happens?
(a) it is rejected.
(b) it is highly praised.
(c) it is disqualified because of its size.
(d) it is damaged and returned to him.

4. What reawakens in Claude and Sandoz with their renewed friendship?
(a) their old doubts about their work.
(b) their sense of competition.
(c) their old desire for fame.
(d) their need for nature hikes.

5. In spite of opposition, how does Sandoz continue to write?
(a) copying the great literary masters.
(b) avoiding any controversial subject.
(c) honestly and exactly as he feels.
(d) using atrange and unexplained vocabulary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the Dead Child painting finally approved for hanging in the Salon?

3. How does Christine begin to resent Jacques?

4. Who is the art dealer who has made a fortune out of buying pieces and manipulating their prices?

5. When does Claude finally break down and admit his hurt and disappointment?

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