La Peau de chagrin - Quiz
A) 1831 B) 1850 C) 1829 D) 1830
A) The Magic Shagreen B) The Wild Ass C) The Skin of the Wild Ass D) The Magic Skin
A) Jules Janin B) Honoré de Balzac C) E. T. A. Hoffmann D) Giselher Klebe
A) Early 19th-century Berlin B) Late 18th-century London C) Early 19th-century Paris D) Mid-19th-century Brittany
A) A magic piece of shagreen B) A magic book C) A magic mirror D) A magic ring
A) It grows larger and gains weight B) It shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy C) It doubles in value and heals the sick D) It changes color and brings good luck
A) Études philosophiques B) Études de moeurs C) Scènes de la vie privée D) Scènes de la vie parisienne
A) Fantastic Tales B) La Comédie humaine C) La Physiologie du mariage D) Les Chouans
A) Posting handbills across the streets of Paris B) Giving public readings in Parisian theatres C) Publishing a series of articles and story fragments in several Parisian journals D) Mailing handwritten notes to royal figures
A) One month B) Three months C) A year D) Five months
A) It was heavily criticized and ignored B) It sold moderately over several months C) It sold out instantly D) It was banned by the government
A) A series of twelve other philosophical tales B) A biography of the author C) An apology for the late manuscript D) Illustrations by E. T. A. Hoffmann
A) A historical account of the July Revolution B) A romantic tragedy about a Polish baroness C) A critique of the French legal system D) A realistic portrayal of the excesses of bourgeois materialism
A) A military camp B) A gambling house C) A royal palace in Brittany D) A monastery
A) Detailing his struggles with Parisian publishers B) Placing the main character in a home similar to the one he occupied at the start of his literary career C) Giving the protagonist his exact experience working as a lawyer D) Describing his parents' home in Villeparisis
A) The struggle between the rich and the poor B) The corruption of the legal profession C) The conflict between desire and longevity D) The difficulty of finding true love in Paris
A) The owner's life-force B) The soul of the wild ass C) The power of the French monarchy D) The wealth of the bourgeoisie
A) He becomes the king of France B) He finds himself miserable and decrepit C) He lives a long and peaceful life D) He successfully masters his desires
A) It became restricted to legal professionals B) It widened significantly C) It shrank as he became arrogant D) It remained entirely unchanged
A) Madame de Staël B) Ewelina Hańska C) George Sand D) Ann Radcliffe
A) Les Contes d'Hoffmann B) Die tödlichen Wünsche C) Der Ring des Nibelungen D) Die Fledermaus
A) Giselher Klebe B) Honoré de Balzac C) Jules Janin D) E. T. A. Hoffmann
A) Military service B) Medicine C) Theology D) Law
A) 1819 B) 1830 C) 1810 D) 1829
A) He must dedicate himself to writing and deliver half of his gross income from published work B) He must finish his law degree within three years C) He must publish only under his own name D) He must live with them in Villeparisis
A) Near the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal B) Near the Palace of Versailles C) Near the Louvre D) Near Notre-Dame
A) To his family in the suburb of Villeparisis B) To Brittany C) To London D) To Berlin
A) Gothic horror stories inspired by Ann Radcliffe B) Philosophical treatises on marriage C) Simple potboiler novels published under pseudonyms D) Historical accounts of royalist forces
A) 50,000 francs B) 100,000 francs C) 10,000 francs D) 5,000 francs
A) 1819 B) 1830 C) 1829 D) 1831
A) The institution of marriage B) The July Revolution of 1830 C) Royalist forces in Brittany D) Bourgeois materialism in Paris
A) La Comédie humaine B) L'Âne Mort et la Femme Guillotinée C) Les Chouans D) La Physiologie du mariage
A) Le Monde B) Revue de Paris C) Le Figaro D) La Presse
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe B) Giselher Klebe C) Friedrich Schiller D) E. T. A. Hoffmann
A) Jane Austen B) Mary Shelley C) Ann Radcliffe D) Charlotte Brontë
A) Jules Janin B) E. T. A. Hoffmann C) Charles X D) Honoré de Balzac
A) An outdated form of gothic storytelling B) A brilliant and revolutionary approach to modern literature C) The vulgar program of a genre in its first flush of newness, already too much worn by the mere abuse of the word D) The ultimate expression of bourgeois materialism
A) Louis-Philippe B) Louis XIV C) Napoleon Bonaparte D) Charles X
A) King of the French B) King of France C) Emperor of the French D) King of Paris
A) To honor the memory of the July Revolution B) To distance himself from the Ancien Régime C) To appease the bourgeois politicians D) To unite the royalist forces in Brittany
A) Romantic idealism and revolutionary fervor B) Scientific rationalism and materialism C) Bourgeois attitudes characterized by disorganization and weak leadership D) Strict legal traditions and aristocratic discipline
A) August 1831 B) 1 January 1831 C) July 1831 D) 9 December 1830
A) Henri B... B) Jules Sandeau C) Alfred Coudreux D) Eugène Sue
A) Conte oriental B) Le Dernier Napoléon C) Roman philosophique D) Une Débauche
A) George Sand B) Henri B... C) Alfred Coudreux D) Honoré de Balzac
A) Revue des deux mondes B) Parisian gambling house C) Pont Royal D) Revue de Paris
A) 4,000 B) 1,125 C) 1,200 D) 750
A) December B) January C) August D) July
A) "Le Suicide d'un poète" B) "Le Dernier Napoléon" C) "Une Débauche" D) Romans et contes philosophiques
A) La Peau de chagrin B) "Une Débauche" C) "Le Suicide d'un poète" D) "Le Dernier Napoléon"
A) A would-be poet's lack of funds B) An orgiastic feast C) A young man losing a coin D) An oriental story
A) Alfred Coudreux B) George Sand C) Henri B... D) Olympe Pélissier
A) Urbain Canel B) George Sand C) Alfred Coudreux D) Olympe Pélissier
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) One
A) January 1831 B) May 1831 C) August 1831 D) March 1833
A) Five B) Four C) Three D) Two
A) The river Seine B) The English Channel C) A local well D) The river Rhône
A) Sanskrit B) Greek C) Latin D) Hebrew
A) Ancient Persian B) Old French C) Hieroglyphics D) Imprecise Arabic
A) As a series of letters B) In third-person omniscient C) Through a diary entry D) As a flashback
A) The shopkeeper's daughter B) None of the above C) Foedora D) Pauline
A) His health improves while the skin shrinks B) The skin grows while his health declines C) Both are improving D) Both are dwindling
A) No larger than a periwinkle leaf B) The size of a postage stamp C) The size of a handkerchief D) As small as a single coin
A) She tries to steal the skin B) She immediately leaves and never returns C) She is horrified D) She laughs it off
A) Realism B) Romanticism C) Surrealism D) Naturalism
A) Gioachino Rossini B) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart C) Giuseppe Verdi D) Richard Wagner
A) Carmen B) Tancredi C) The Barber of Seville D) La Traviata
A) First paragraph B) Third paragraph C) Second paragraph D) Final paragraph
A) Coat B) Wallet C) Watch D) Hat
A) Greasy B) Golden C) Torn D) Velvet
A) A modern museum B) A spiritual sanctuary C) The planet itself D) A royal palace
A) Napoleon B) Rembrandt C) Da Vinci D) Raphael
A) Roman gladius B) Japanese katana C) Viking broadsword D) Moorish yataghan
A) Plato B) Socrates C) Caesar D) Cicero
A) Ancient Egyptian mummy B) Alpine mummy C) Incan mummy D) Guanche mummy
A) Ming porcelain vase B) Greek amphora C) Etruscan vase D) Roman urn
A) A Chinese phoenix B) A Chinese dragon C) A qilin D) A pixiu
A) A gambling house owner B) Valentin's close friend C) The shopkeeper D) A mysterious stranger
A) Titian B) Caravaggio C) Michelangelo D) Raphael
A) A quest for treasure B) Suicidal mission C) A political assassination D) A robbery
A) Favoring ego over divine salvation B) Seeking spiritual enlightenment above all C) Prioritizing community over individualism D) Choosing poverty over wealth
A) Les Misérables B) Tristram Shandy C) Madame Bovary D) Don Quixote
A) Honoré de Balzac B) Martin Kanes C) Herbert J. Hunt D) Laurence Sterne
A) Yellow B) Red C) Green D) Blue
A) A piano B) A guitar C) A harp D) A violin
A) A talisman B) A mask C) Glasses D) A mirror
A) The 'Woman without a Heart' B) The 'Talisman of Desire' C) The 'Lady of the Observatory' D) The 'Scholar of the Garret'
A) 1759 B) 1789 C) 1830 D) 1815
A) Soothes us B) Saves us C) Destroys us D) Consumes us
A) Destroys us B) Soothes us C) Consumes us D) Corrupts us
A) An equal B) A foil C) A successor D) A threat
A) Foedora B) The shopkeeper's daughter C) Pauline D) An unnamed noblewoman
A) Rastignac B) Pauline C) The shopkeeper D) Foedora
A) Prometheus B) Tantalus C) Icarus D) Sisyphus
A) Théophile Gautier B) Charles Forbes René de Montalembert C) Émile Deschamps D) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A) Comte Alex de B— B) Grandville C) Théophile Gautier D) Émile Deschamps
A) Charles Forbes René de Montalembert B) Charles Philipon C) Émile Deschamps D) Théophile Gautier
A) A silver franc B) A gold sovereign C) A 100-sou coin D) A copper token
A) La Caricature B) L'Avenir C) La Presse D) Le Figaro
A) Five times B) Fifty times C) Never D) Nineteen times |
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