The Masterpiece Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Masterpiece Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two agonies does Sandoz mention that Claude is all too familiar with?
(a) criticism and doubt.
(b) fame and poverty.
(c) torment and dispair.
(d) time and money.

3. Why has the herbalist's shop seen better days?
(a) the owner is dying of consumption.
(b) the owner is trying to sell the shop.
(c) the owner has lost interest in the shop.
(d) the owner ran away from the shop.

4. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?
(a) he rejects her as a lover.
(b) he rejects her as an art critic.
(c) he rejects her as a nude model.
(d) he rejects her as a patron.

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

6. What does Sandoz usually have with him when he goes out?
(a) a sack lunch.
(b) a box of paints.
(c) a map of Paris.
(d) a book of poetry.

7. What is Bongrand's lament about art dealers?
(a) that artists have no chance to improve.
(b) that art is fought over by bank notes.
(c) that artists get no credit for their work.
(d) that art has become important to the rich.

8. What do Sandoz and Dubuche see in Claude's studio that captures their attention?
(a) a letter from the Salon committee.
(b) Claude's sketches of Christine.
(c) left over croissants from his breakfast.
(d) small paintings of the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

9. What does Christine not want to discuss with Claude?
(a) the money she keeps hidden from him.
(b) their lovemaking.
(c) the job she left to be with him.
(d) their not being married.

10. What ironic switch in attitude occurs when Christine finally agrees to go in public with Claude?
(a) now he worries that they will run into her employer.
(b) now he worries they will run into his friends.
(c) now he worries that he has no money.
(d) now he worries that they will run into Irma.

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

12. Who is the former shepherd from near Plassans whose patron sent him to Paris?
(a) Dubuche.
(b) Mahoudeau.
(c) Chaîne.
(d) Malgras.

13. What is Claude thinking about as he walks home late at night?
(a) a woman he met walking in the rain.
(b) his friends he hasn't seen lately.
(c) his unfinished canvas in his studio.
(d) how he is going to pay his rent.

14. What is it about Claude's use of colors that Christine has difficulty understanding?
(a) yellow skies and pink clouds.
(b) blue in the poplar trees and mauve in the ground.
(c) red bananas and yellow apples.
(d) people with purple skin.

15. What is Jory's excuse for not writing about anyone in the group?
(a) he is being paid to write only about Beauz-Arts artists.
(b) they are unpopular and he is not writing for his own paper.
(c) he is waiting to spring them on the public later.
(d) he thinks his endorsement would hurt them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?

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

3. Rejected for the Prix de Rome, what is Fagerolles now painting?

4. How does Claude think Irma has changed?

5. How is Claude received at Duquersonnièr's studio?

(see the answer keys)

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