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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claude do the next morning as the young woman sleeps?
(a) he makes sketches of her lying in the bed.
(b) he wakes her up and sends her away.
(c) he removes the blanket covering her.
(d) he goes out for croisants.

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

3. How does Bongrand get rid of Naudet when he comes to buy one of his paintings?
(a) he pretends to be contageous.
(b) he says that the painting is not finished.
(c) he lies that it is already sold.
(d) he charges twice what Naudet wants to pay.

4. Who is Mathilde Jabouille?
(a) the woman Pierre and Claude saw in the herbalist's window.
(b) a wealthy patron ordering a bust of herself.
(c) the fat wife of the skinny herbalist.
(d) a common trollop who loves Mahoudeau.

5. After finally getting Claude back in bed, what happens in Claude's head?
(a) he plots how to get rid of Christine.
(b) he has a stroke and becomes paralyzed.
(c) he hears the laughter of the people in the Salon.
(d) he hears the woman in his painting calling him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange commission does Claude get from Malgras?

2. How do the young men of the Open Air movement see themselves?

3. Why does Claude take the young woman to his studio?

4. Why does Claude start going out alone to paint leaving Christine in the cottage?

5. Where do Claude and Christine go on a short trip?

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