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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?
(a) the pressure of building houses caused him to have a breakdown.
(b) it became clear that he really has no talent for architecture.
(c) he was never successful and now cares for his wife and sickly children.
(d) one of his designs became a laughing stock in Paris.

2. How does Christine began to feel about her relationship with Claude?
(a) that she knows how to get him back.
(b) that she has grown tired and ugly.
(c) that she is playing second fiddle to a painting.
(d) that she made a mistake falling in love with Claude.

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

4. What is the subject of Claude's snow scene?
(a) two children building a snowman.
(b) a fine carriage drawn by two white horses.
(c) snow on the tops of Paris buildings.
(d) two ragged urchins eating stolen apples.

5. What painting is almost rejected before it is discovered to be one by a famous artist?
(a) a painting of blue poplars.
(b) a painting of a nude lady under a tree.
(c) a painting of a nude man and a clothed woman.
(d) a painting of people having a picnic outdoors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Dead Child painting finally approved for hanging in the Salon?

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

3. What does Sandoz point out to Claude?

4. Who generally shows up on varnishing day?

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

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