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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Barbour’s assistant that Theo considers calling to help him get a flight home in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Emma.
(b) Anna.
(c) Janet.
(d) Ella.

2. What actress’s husband killed himself on their wedding night and wrote in a suicide note, “It was only a farce,” according to Theo in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Betty Grable's husband.
(b) Jean Harlow’s husband.
(c) Marilyn Monroe's husband.
(d) Joan Crawford's husband.

3. When was Seven Pillars of Arabia published?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1799.

4. The plane ticket that Boris gives to Theo in the car in the beginning of Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal” is for what destination?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Stockholm.

5. Who is the woman that works for Boris what Theo meets when he first sees Boris in New York in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Xandra.
(b) Pippa.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Myriam.

6. For how long does Boris tell Theo he worked for Mr. Silver in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) About a year.
(b) Six years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

7. Part V of The Goldfinch opens with the following quotation: “We have art in order not to die from the truth.” Who is attributed to this quote?
(a) Albert Camus.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Walt Whitman.

8. What character from the novel The Idiot does Boris describe as always committing good actions in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Alyosha.
(b) Nastásya.
(c) Rogózhin.
(d) Myshkin.

9. What is the reported value of the rediscovered Rembrandt that was stolen from the museum after the attack?
(a) $30 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $50 million.
(d) $40 million.

10. Where does Boris say his wife lives mostly with his children in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) New York.
(b) Stockholm.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

11. Who gives Theo his watch and ring to wear for the meeting with the underground art dealers in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?
(a) Boris.
(b) Gyuri.
(c) Victor.
(d) Shirley Temple.

12. What is the name of the junkie uptown that Boris takes Theo with him to speak with about the painting in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) Miyako.
(b) Sascha.
(c) Horst.
(d) Welty.

13. The following quote opens Part IV of The Goldfinch: “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” Who is attributed to this quotation?
(a) Carson McCullers.
(b) Schiller.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Beethoven.

14. What are the names of Mrs. Barbour’s dogs that Theo meets when he visits her in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Bobo and Mittens.
(b) Ting-a-Ling and Clementine.
(c) Socks and Spot.
(d) Chiva and Pittsy.

15. Where was Rembrandt born?
(a) London, England.
(b) Sydney, Australia.
(c) Lieden, Dutch Republic.
(d) Paris, France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grisha tells Theo in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued” that the term “Russian Jew” is what?

2. Where do the newspapers describe the killings as having taken place in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?

3. What item does Theo buy at a sporting goods store to storage along with the painting in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

4. What is Victor’s last name in the novel?

5. Theo says in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point,” “Whatever you said about my dad, you couldn’t say he didn’t have” what?

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