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58. The correct answer is (B). Since the entire sentence is in the imperfect, we need an imperfect verb
here (the passé composé or the passé simple are other possibilities but they are not offered here); (A)
is in the future, (C) in the present and (D) in the infinitive.

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59. The correct answer is (B). Chez is a preposition ( = à la maison de or dans la maison de); after chez
only a noun or a personal pronoun can be used. Lui is the only personal pronoun offered as a choice
(leur and son are possessive adjectives and le is a definite article).
60. The correct answer is (B). In expressions indicating a time reference (as in: in July, in 1954, etc.)
en is used directly before the temporal word (month, date, etc.).
61. The correct answer is (C). The idiomatic expression for “it is cold” is il fait froid. (B) is in the
infinitive, and (A) and (C) use the wrong verb.
62. The correct answer is (B). When used by itself, gens (people) is always preceded by the plural
definite article les. Exception: when gens is qualified, as in “a few people,” or “many people” (peu de
gens, beaucoup de gens), the qualifiers take the place of les.
63. The correct answer is (B). A possessive adjective is needed here (mon, ton, son, notre, votre, leur,
or the plural counterparts); since the blank precedes mari (husband), a masculine singular noun, a
masculine singular pronoun is needed: mon.
64. The correct answer is (A). A past participle is needed. (C) and (D) are in the infinitive and the
present tense respectively; in addition, the past participle must agree with any direct object that pre-
cedes a verb conjugated with avoir in the passé composé: l’ (le), which refers to manteau is located
before the verb and is masculine singular, which eliminates (B).
Part E
I was in a bedroom that was neither mine nor that of any of my friends, a room to which I had never come
before and which I nevertheless knew perfectly well: the blinds were closed, the curtains pulled; on the
night table a night lamp emitted its dying light. People walked only on tiptoe, a finger to their mouths:
vials and cups cluttered the mantel. As for me, I was in bed, as if I had been ill; but I had never felt better.
The people who passed through the apartment had a sad, bustling air that seemed extraordinary.