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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives directly across from Fagerolles's small but well appointed mansion?
(a) Irma Bécot.
(b) Pierre and Henriette.
(c) Bongrand.
(d) Naudet.

2. What breaks the solemn reverie of Sandoz and Bongrand at the cemetery?
(a) the sound of a passing train.
(b) a sudden rainstorm.
(c) a parade passing by.
(d) the lamenting of a funeral nearby.

3. What happens on the wedding night?
(a) It is like old times in the country.
(b) Jacques gets sick and Christine has to stay with him.
(c) Claude is unable to make love to Christine.
(d) Christine goes to bed alone and Claude sketches.

4. After the Salon, how does Claude behave?
(a) he happily shows himself in public.
(b) he throws himself back into his large painting.
(c) he puts on a façade of not caring.
(d) he refuses to see anyone.

5. When Christine suggests they go away somewhere to be happy, what is Claude's reply?
(a) that she sounds just like Sandoz.
(b) that he will think about it.
(c) that he can only be happy in his studio.
(d) hat he does not want to be happy, he only wants to paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sandoz think might be better for true artists?

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

3. What is "varnishing day"?

4. When he submits the snow scene to the Beaux-Arts Salon, what happens?

5. What do Sandoz and Bongrand have to say about Claude's early works of art?

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