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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?
(a) he uses Claude's art on the cover of his books.
(b) he is no longer controversial.
(c) he has started turning out traditional prose.
(d) he refuses to change his ideas about modern writing.

2. What time does Claude return to his studio home?
(a) about dawn.
(b) the next day.
(c) about three in the morning.
(d) a week later.

3. When Christine opens the door of the bedroom, what is Claude doing?
(a) he is drinking cognac and weeping.
(b) he is scraping off the paint on his large canvas.
(c) he is furiously painting his vision of the Ile de la Cité.
(d) he is ripping up his large canvas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When they find her, where is Christine?

3. What does Sandoz point out to Claude?

4. When Christine suggests they go away somewhere to be happy, what is Claude's reply?

5. What is the irony of Sandoz's new house?

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