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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Paris, Jacob Kahn worked with which famous artist?

2. In the evenings during the summer, which street do Asher and Jacob Kahn often walk on?

3. For how much do Asher's small paintings sell?

4. What is the setting of the beginning of Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 13, after having viewed the Pieta, Asher draws a man surrounded by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which four people from the Bible does the Pieta portray?

2. Describe the sculpture that Jacob Kahn specifically keeps for himself in Chapter 11, purportedly at his wife's request.

3. Describe how Jacob Kahn looks in Chapter 14.

4. What types of paintings does Jacob Kahn emphasize in his trips with Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Why?

5. What does Aryeh look like in Chapter 12, after Rivkeh has spent several years with him in Europe?

6. Describe how Anna Schaeffer looks.

7. Describe the Brooklyn Crucifixions.

8. Describe Asher's surroundings while he lives with Jacob Kahn in Provincetown.

9. What does Rivkeh learn from a professor at her university about Jacob Kahn?

10. Why does Asher begin carrying messages for the Rebbe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Anna Schaeffer's role in Asher's life. How do you feel about the way her employees arrive at Asher's apartment, carry away his paintings, and don't let him see them again until the show?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Aryeh's and Rivkeh's reactions to the Brooklyn Crucifixions. How are their reactions related to their feelings about the Jewish faith, Jewish history, and their community?

Essay Topic 3

Asher's changed eyes cause him to experience the world in a unique way. Describe this way of seeing. How does this way of seeing affect his choices for subjects to draw and paint? How does it shape his perspectives on controversial subjects? Use concrete examples, such as the difference between the way he views a nude and the way Aryeh views a nude.

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