Old Goriot

In which year is the novel set?

• 1816

• 1817

• 1818

• 1819

What is the name of the boarding house?

• Chateau Vauquer

• Maison Vauquer

• La chambre Vauquer

• Palais Vauquer

The phrase 'ALL IS TRUE' has been borrowed from which Shakespeare play?

• King Lear

• Othello

• Henry VIII

• Hamlet

Why is the novel's exposition so long?

• It is typical of realist novels

• Balzac was getting paid per word

• To keep track of the Parisian setting

__________ refers to how social conditions, heredity, and environment shape human character

• Realism

• Humanism

• Naturalism

• Romanticism

What is the name of the criminal mastermind living in the boarding house?

• Poiret

• Rastignac

• Goriot

• Vautrin

How did Goriot lose his fortune?

• Gambling

• The French Revolution

• Paying for his daughters' lifestyles

• He was mugged

Who is Delphine's husband?

• Eugène de Rastignac

• Marquis d'Ajuda-Pinto

• Count de Restaud

• Baron de Nucingen

What was Old Goriot's former profession?

• Vermicelli seller

• Wheat seller

• Rice seller

• Corn seller

When was Old Goriot written?

• 1830

• 1833

• 1834

• 1835