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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. Where does Claude go to find Dubuche, the aspiring architect?
(a) Duquersonnièr's studio.
(b) the bistro where they often meet.
(c) Pierre Sandoz's house.
(d) the École des Beaux-Arts.

2. Why does Claude suggest that Christine stay with Mme. Vandaze?
(a) she is old and may leave an inheritance for Christine.
(b) she is old and it is not right to leave her.
(c) she is old and may start needing her more.
(d) she is old and may not need Christine long.

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

4. What purchases does Claude make to get started with his painting?
(a) new paints and brushes.
(b) large paper and new pencils to make his sketches.
(c) a large frame and seamless canvas.
(d) new lights and a heater for the studio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the needs of Jory that Mathilde fulfills so easily?

2. What are the Salon committee's reactions to Claude's Dead Child painting?

3. What does Christine do the morning after she and Claude consummate their love?

4. When Claude meets Dubuche on his way to the Margaillan house, why does he invite Dubuche for a visit?

5. What do Claude and Christine plan to do?

(see the answer key)

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