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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Christine begin to resent Jacques?
(a) hating to part with the extra money for his upkeep.
(b) blaming him for the loss of her virgin body.
(c) being irritated with his demands.
(d) wishing he would go away.

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

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

5. When Christine awakes to find Claude gone, where does she find him?
(a) hanging from the ladder in front of his painting.
(b) lying in Jacques's small bed.
(c) sitting by the fire drinking wine.
(d) dressing to go out into the cold.

6. What tragedy strikes the Lantier household one night?
(a) the studio catches on fire.
(b) Jacques dies alone in his bed.
(c) Christine has a miscarriage.
(d) Claude falls from his scaffolding.

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

8. After finally getting Claude back in bed, what happens in Claude's head?
(a) he has a stroke and becomes paralyzed.
(b) he hears the laughter of the people in the Salon.
(c) he plots how to get rid of Christine.
(d) he hears the woman in his painting calling him.

9. 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.

10. What is the irony of Sandoz's new house?
(a) it is in the same area as Irma's and Fagerolles's houses.
(b) it has become a shrine to his late mother.
(c) it is an eclectic and old fashioned abode for a very modern writer.
(d) it is large and ostentacious.

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

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

13. What does Sandoz point out to Claude?
(a) that the critics are all looking at his painting.
(b) that the Dead Child is the only original thing hanging.
(c) that no one is laughing at him now.
(d) the many paintings using his open air style.

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

15. After the party at Sandoz's house, what does Christine do when Claude orders her to return home?
(a) she follows Claude to the top of a tall building.
(b) she follows Claude to Irma's house.
(c) she follows Claude to where he stands on a bridge.
(d) she follows Claude to just outside the Beaux-Arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ganière drift away from the group of former art revolutionaries?

2. How is Claude when he and Sandoz return to Paris and go to a restaurant?

3. What idea does Sandoz have that he thinks might change things for Claude?

4. What does Claude blame Christine for when his painting does not come out the way he wants?

5. What is the site that arouses Claude's enthusiasm after failing again to be included in the Salon?

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