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