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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sandoz not visit Claude and Christine in the country after August?
(a) he is tired of making the trip.
(b) he is getting married.
(c) his mother becomes gravely ill.
(d) he is about to publish his first novel.

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

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

4. What self imposed time limit has Claude put on finishing his painting called Open Air?
(a) one year.
(b) six weeks.
(c) six months.
(d) nine months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claude want to exhibit his painting?

2. What does she notice about Claude's Open Air painting?

3. How does Claude often see himself artistically?

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

5. Because it is Thursday, what event will take place in the evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Naudet shows up at Bongrand's studio, why does he refuse to sell him his paintings?

2. As the character of Claude develops in the novel, what appears to be his greatest fault?

3. Discuss Claude's conversations with Christine that show he is more and more dissatisfied.

4. What is Claude's behavior after a party at Sandoz's house that alarms Christine?

5. Why is Claude told not to bring Christine to the Thursday night gatherings?

6. How does Claude hurt Christine deeply with his complaint about her dinner?

7. When Claude finally locates his painting, how does he once again feel rejected?

8. How does the foreshadowed tragedy come to pass?

9. How is the neglect of Jacques symbolized?

10. Aside from the poverty of Claude's studio, how does the reader come to understand how poor Claude actually is?

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