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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did King Francois I pay for the Mona Lisa when he bought it from da Vinci?
(a) 1,500 gold coins.
(b) 2,000 gold coins.
(c) 4,000 gold coins.
(d) 5,000 gold coins.

2. What type of sweaters did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus have alike that they often wore?
(a) Cardigans.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Henley.
(d) Pullover.

3. When did Semir Zeki, a professor of neuroscience, use MRI scanners to track neural activity when volunteers looked at works of art?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2015.

4. When was The Scream stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1992.

5. What museum did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus visit in Chapter 1?
(a) La Boverie.
(b) Francois Duesberg Museum.
(c) Rubens House.
(d) Museum Plantin-Moretus.

6. What surveillance footage did Alexandre Von der Muhll examine in Chapter 15?
(a) Spielzeug Welten Museum.
(b) Alexis Forel Museum.
(c) Tinguely Museum.
(d) Lagerhaus Museum.

7. How many art thefts were there yearly in Chapter 15 according to The Journal of Art Crime?
(a) At least 50,000.
(b) About 70,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 45,000.

8. When did Picasso reportedly offer Gery Pieret money to steal ancient stone figurines?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1909.

9. In Chapter 2, what what centuries were most of the oil paintings that hung on the walls of the house where Breitwieser and Kleinklaus were living?
(a) 15th and 16th.
(b) 14th and 15th.
(c) 16th and 17th.
(d) 17th and 18th.

10. How long did it take Charley Hill of the United Kingdom's Art and Antiques Unit to retrieve The Scream?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 1/2 years.
(d) 8 months.

11. When did the Swiss psychotherapist visit Breitwieser?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2000.

12. Where was the one-employee museum where Breitwieser took three ivory figurines and a tobacco box out of a cube-shaped case?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

13. By 1997, how long had Breitwieser and Kleinklaus been together?
(a) 3 years.
(b) More than 5 years.
(c) About 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

14. In Chapter 7, who painted the piece that drew Breitwieser's attention at a castle?
(a) Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich.
(b) Heinrich Gotthold Arnold.
(c) Georg Christoph Martini.
(d) Philipp Wilhelm Oeding.

15. Where did Breitwieser grow up?
(a) Wittenheim.
(b) Guebsiller.
(c) Saverne.
(d) Kingersheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Breitwieser live with since he could not afford rent?

2. When did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus steal a 16th century religious painting of St. Jerome?

3. When did Breitwieser steal a flintlock pistol from the early 18th century?

4. Of how many siblings was Kleinklaus the oldest?

5. According to The Journal of Art Crime, what was the value of annual art thefts?

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