2. How has Claude's past prepared him for living in the country?
(a) he knows how easy it is to hide in the country.
(b) he is just a country boy at heart.
(c) he returns to the nature walks he once had with Sandoz.
(d) he remembers the fresh air of the country.

3. Why does Claude start going out alone to paint leaving Christine in the cottage?
(a) because she talks too much.
(b) because she keeps questioning his colors.
(c) because he wants to be alone.
(d) because she is pregnant.

4. Beside the clothed man and the naked women, what are the people criticizing?
(a) his savage color combinations.
(b) his heavy brush strokes.
(c) his oddly shaped trees.
(d) his use of the color blue to indicate daylight.

5. What are the paintings that repulse Christine in Claude's studio?
(a) the nude women.
(b) the scary themes.
(c) the nude men.
(d) the distorted faces.

6. Why does Claude take the young woman to his studio?
(a) he expects to hire her as a maid.
(b) he feels he cannot leave her outside in the storm.
(c) he wants to use her as a madel.
(d) he wants her to sleep with him.

7. What do Claude and Christine plan to do?
(a) to leave the city and go live in the country house.
(b) open a small shop and give up art.
(c) sell nude paintings of Christine to tourists.
(d) form a commune in the country.

8. Realizing the people are laughing at his painting, what is Claude's reaction?
(a) he storms out of the Salon.
(b) he snatches his painting off the wall.
(c) he does not care about their reactions.
(d) his old insecurities about his talent return.

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

10. What are the needs of Jory that Mathilde fulfills so easily?
(a) his ambition and his carelessness.
(b) his limited time and his ignorance.
(c) his sexual addiction and his miserliness.
(d) his poverty and his insecurity.

11. What famous artist joins the group at Pierre's house?
(a) Bongrand.
(b) Delacroix.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Hugo.

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

13. Why were girls not allowed in their group of friends back in the village?
(a) because they were in an all boys school.
(b) because they slept on the ground overnight.
(c) because of their dislike of girls.
(d) because of their shyness.

14. How do the young men of the Open Air movement see themselves?
(a) as misunderstood prophets.
(b) as conquerors of Paris.
(c) as lost in a wasteland.
(d) as successful artists.

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