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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What reawakens in Claude and Sandoz with their renewed friendship?
2. After renewing his association with Sandoz, what is Claude incessantly talking about?
3. Who is Mathilde Jabouille?
4. Who has come to the Salon with Ganière?
5. What does Christine not want to discuss with Claude?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the scene in the the Café Baudequin that adds to the image of defeat for the open air school of thought?
2. How does Fagerolles manage to get Claude's painting of the Dead Child included in the Salon proper?
3. Describe the image of Claude, Sandoz, Jory, and Chaîne marching through the streets of Paris.
4. How does Claude hurt Christine deeply with his complaint about her dinner?
5. In what way does the reader understand that Claude is first and foremost an artist?
6. How is Sandoz, the one character besides Claude who remains steadfast to the revolt against romanticism, able to remain steadfast to their revolutionary ideas?
7. How is the decision made to return to Paris?
8. Describe the irony when Christine finally agrees to walk with Claude in public.
9. After returning to Paris, what indicates that Claude is taking Christine for granted and no longer has a romantic love for her?
10. Discuss the Salon des Refusés.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of The Tragedy of Dubuche. The main points of the essay are (1) why Dubuche was successful at the studio of Duquersonnière, (2) why he failed after joining with Margaillan, and (3) what he was reduced to after failing as an architect.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic of The Decadent Bourgeois. The essay should center on Margaillan and include (1) his ill-gotten wealth, (2) his conspicuous spending, and (3) his disrespectful manner while viewing Claude's painting at the Salon des Refusés.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the topic, The Past Cannot Be Recaptured. Using the things Claude and Sandoz see in the country, the essay should explain Zola's statement, "The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones."
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