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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sandoz tray to talk Claude out of doing?
(a) placing a nude woman in his painting.
(b) sending any more paintings to the Salon.
(c) giving no time to Jacques.
(d) working too many long hours.

2. When he submits the snow scene to the Beaux-Arts Salon, what happens?
(a) it is damaged and returned to him.
(b) it is disqualified because of its size.
(c) it is rejected.
(d) it is highly praised.

3. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?
(a) by selliing small nude paintings of Christine.
(b) by copying masterpieces of other artists.
(c) by painting murals for rich clients.
(d) by drawing from the capital of his inheritance.

4. Why does Claude at first not find his painting of the Dead Child?
(a) it is hung in a small room where almost no one goes.
(b) it is hung in a hallway.
(c) it is hung very high over large canvases.
(d) it is hung near the exit in dim light.

5. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?
(a) the pressure of building houses caused him to have a breakdown.
(b) one of his designs became a laughing stock in Paris.
(c) he was never successful and now cares for his wife and sickly children.
(d) it became clear that he really has no talent for architecture.

6. Again under the spell of Paris, what does Claude do?
(a) paints night and day on his new masterpiece.
(b) stays as far away from Jacques as possible.
(c) makes sketches and plans work that never gets started.
(d) talks a lot about his current work.

7. For a while, how does Claude make a fairly good living?
(a) painting flower still lifes for British tourists.
(b) copying the old masters.
(c) doing sketches for a newspaper.
(d) painting portraits of children.

8. What does Claude blame Christine for when his painting does not come out the way he wants?
(a) that she is no longer a good model.
(b) that she makes too much noise in the studio.
(c) that she keeps changing her position while posing.
(d) that she cannot keep Jacques away.

9. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?
(a) he refuses to change his ideas about modern writing.
(b) he uses Claude's art on the cover of his books.
(c) he is no longer controversial.
(d) he has started turning out traditional prose.

10. Why does Claude do a smaller version of his large painting?
(a) to show Bongrand.
(b) to submit to the Salon.
(c) to check his colors.
(d) to practice his new brush strokes.

11. What do Sandoz and Bongrand have to say about Claude's early works of art?
(a) they agree that they led him in the wrong direction.
(b) they agree that they had only promise of greatness.
(c) they agree that they will go up in value.
(d) they agree they were extraordinary pieces.

12. Why does Mahoudeau's sculpture fall over?
(a) as the room warms, the clay carving melts.
(b) Claude accidentally bumps into it.
(c) Chaîne smashes it out of jealousy over Mathilde.
(d) an earthquake shakes his studio.

13. How is the Dead Child painting finally approved for hanging in the Salon?
(a) it is considered a real masterpiece at last.
(b) Bongrand demands it.
(c) it is approved by mistake.
(d) Fagerolles uses his "charity" vote.

14. How do Claude's friends react to his latest painting?
(a) they want him to offer it to Naudet.
(b) they look at it but do not comment.
(c) they hail it as a masterpiece.
(d) they think it is too small for a work by Claude.

15. What is Mahoudeau's comment after the sculpture falls apart?
(a) I didn't like it anyway.
(b) God must be telling me something.
(c) there's plenty of time to start over.
(d) this is what poverty gets you.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Christine suggests they go away somewhere to be happy, what is Claude's reply?

2. Who takes charge of the funeral and getting Christine to the hospital?

3. Why does Claude think his painting of the dead Jacques may be accepted by the Salon committee?

4. Why is Christine afraid when she wakes to find Claude not in the bed with her?

5. When Sandoz comes to take Claude away from the studio, who do they find as a barker at a carnival?

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