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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Jacob Kahn referring when he mentions the "old Spaniard"?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Matisse.
(c) Francisco Franco.
(d) Don Quixote.

2. Jacob Kahn warns Asher not to become a whore due to which part of Asher's dress?
(a) His beret.
(b) His designer t-shirts.
(c) His payos (earlocks).
(d) His tefillin.

3. Besides learning art, what does Asher learn from Jacob Kahn in Chapter 10?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Playing golf.
(d) Reading French.

4. How old is Aryeh at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Mid forties.

5. According to Asher, which group of people first painted nudes?
(a) The Egyptians.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Mesopotamians.
(d) The French.

6. In Chapter 8 while Jacob Kahn is beginning to teach Asher to be an artist, he draws a pen-and-ink drawing of what subject?
(a) A still life.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Asher.
(d) His home neighborhood.

7. One art critic describes Asher's work as having a "menacing affinity" for what?
(a) The macabre.
(b) The absurd.
(c) "Picassoid forms."
(d) "Chagallian excesses."

8. Jacob Kahn states that all paintings fall into one of which two categories?
(a) Impressionism and realism.
(b) Geometry and a flower.
(c) Life and death.
(d) Love and hate.

9. Where is Asher in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Florence.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) His street in Brooklyn.

10. What type of artists did Jacob Kahn know in Paris?
(a) Abstract artists.
(b) Impressionists.
(c) Cubists.
(d) Fauves.

11. Which college does Asher plan to attend?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) New York University.
(d) Harvard.

12. In Chapter 9 when Aryeh comes home for a visit, how does he look?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Old and tired.
(d) Angry.

13. Aryeh makes the statement that which type of people take art very seriously?
(a) Americans.
(b) Art critics.
(c) Goyim.
(d) Newspaper writers.

14. Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy-five.

15. What type of refreshments do they have at Asher's last show?
(a) Wine and cheese.
(b) Kosher food.
(c) Smorgasbord.
(d) Coffee and cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of creating art does Asher learn in Chapter 11?

2. What city does Jacob Kahn describe as a "gift"?

3. What is Jacob Kahn's wife's name?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Asher mention having for lunch regularly?

5. Where does Asher have his first experience of painting a nude?

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