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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Claude often see himself artistically?
(a) as ahead of his time.
(b) as needing more study.
(c) as impotent.
(d) as the greatest living artist.

3. While Pierre and Dubuche are in the studio, what does Claude almost do?
(a) commit suicide.
(b) declare his painting finished.
(c) destroy his painting.
(d) throw them out.

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

5. Besides Jory, who else is vying for the attention of Mathilde?
(a) Pierre and Dubuche.
(b) Chaîne and Mahoudeau.
(c) Ganière and Dubuche.
(d) Bongrand and Hugo.

6. When Claude meets Dubuche on his way to the Margaillan house, why does he invite Dubuche for a visit?
(a) to let him see that Christine is pregnant.
(b) to make fun of his ostentation.
(c) to hear what everyone is doing in Paris.
(d) to persuade him to return to the Open Air school.

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

8. What do Claude's friends in Paris think is the ideal life for an artist?
(a) to take up farming and give up painting.
(b) to live in the country and pile up masterpieces.
(c) to paint in the country but live in the city.
(d) to walk the busy streets of Paris.

9. What gift does Christine send Claude just before his opening in the Salon des Refusés?
(a) a book of poetry.
(b) a pie she baked.
(c) a lock of her hair.
(d) a bouquet of white lilacs.

10. Where do Claude and Christine go on a short trip?
(a) to Versailles.
(b) to the countryside and visit an inn called Bennecourt.
(c) to the countryside in Claude's home town.
(d) to the south of France near the sea.

11. Who is the ugly family walking along with Dubuche?
(a) the family of Dubuche's landlord.
(b) the family of Duquersonnièr.
(c) the family of Margaillan, a self-made millionaire.
(d) the family of Mathilde.

12. What does Bongrand have to say about Fagerolles's painting?
(a) it is fit only for a French postcard.
(b) it is little more than a photograph.
(c) it is pandering to the masses.
(d) it is a shameless copy of Claude's work.

13. What does Claude recognize about the group that still comes together for the Thursday night soirees?
(a) that it is deteriorating, except for Sandoz.
(b) that everyone is a success except him.
(c) that it has more power than before.
(d) that they are really helping each other now.

14. Who does Claude see who pretends he has not seen Claude's painting?
(a) Mahoudeau.
(b) Irma.
(c) Dubuche.
(d) Fagerolles.

15. How does Claude behave around Christine?
(a) he is comfortable.
(b) he is forward.
(c) he is awkward.
(d) he is agitated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Returning to Paris, what does Christine want to do?

2. What are the paintings that repulse Christine in Claude's studio?

3. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?

4. What does Christine not want to discuss with Claude?

5. What does the lusty Jory like about Mahoudeau's sculpture of the Grape Picker?

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