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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What purchases does Claude make to get started with his painting?
(a) a large frame and seamless canvas.
(b) large paper and new pencils to make his sketches.
(c) new lights and a heater for the studio.
(d) new paints and brushes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who generally shows up on varnishing day?

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

4. Again under the spell of Paris, what does Claude do?

5. To stay close to Claude and fight her rival, the painting, what does Christine decide to do?

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