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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. When was the beginnings of the Bohemian lifestyle of Claude and Pierre?
(a) during their school days.
(b) after they were rejected by the École des Beaux-Arts.
(c) when they moved to Paris.
(d) after they met Delacroix.

2. What does Claude think about the young woman standing on his doorstep at night?
(a) he thinks she is looking for work.
(b) he thinks she's a trollop.
(c) he thinks she is beautiful.
(d) he thinks she is insane.

3. What reawakens in Claude and Sandoz with their renewed friendship?
(a) their sense of competition.
(b) their old doubts about their work.
(c) their old desire for fame.
(d) their need for nature hikes.

4. What does Bongrand do before Claude sees his work hanging in the Salon des Refusés?
(a) he takes Claude to tea.
(b) he gives Claude high praise.
(c) he withdraws his own painting.
(d) he laughs in Claude's face.

5. Where does Claude find Ganière after the dinner at Pierre's house?
(a) sleeping under a bridge across the Seine.
(b) at their old table in the Café Baudequin.
(c) walking the street in front of Irma's house.
(d) sitting alone on a park bench.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?

2. What do Claude and Christine plan to do?

3. What problem do Sandoz and Dubuche have with Claude's Open Air painting?

4. What do Claude and Christine visit after they find an old boat?

5. Now that Sandoz is married, what role does his wife, Henriette, play in the household?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Claude's continuing struggle to be accepted by the art circles in Paris.

2. How does Zola show that the young woman is a proper young lady and not a trollop as Claude suspects?

3. How does Sandoz know that there is trouble brewing as the group of friends go out after the Salon?

4. How is the decision made to return to Paris?

5. How does the reader know that Christine has been thinking of Claude since the night she spent in his studio?

6. How does Fagerolles manage to get Claude's painting of the Dead Child included in the Salon proper?

7. Describe how Claude begins to change his attitude toward living in the country.

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

9. In what way is Christine's response to their love making a believable part of the story?

10. Describe the attraction Jory has developed for Mathilde.

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