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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the customer that accuses Theo and Hobie of working together to make and sell fake antiques in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Lucius Reeve.
(b) Tyler Olowska.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Chance Barbour.

2. 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) Franz Kafka.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

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

4. 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) Joan Crawford's husband.
(b) Jean Harlow’s husband.
(c) Betty Grable's husband.
(d) Marilyn Monroe's husband.

5. Where in New York does Theo put The Goldfinch in a storage facility in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?
(a) The Upper West Side.
(b) The Lower East Side.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Harlem.

6. How did Andy Barbour die, according to Platt in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He had cancer.
(c) He had AIDS.
(d) He drowned.

7. What item of jewelry does Theo give to Kitsey to wear at their wedding in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?
(a) His mother’s emerald earrings.
(b) A turquoise necklace.
(c) His grandmother's wedding ring.
(d) Pippa's diamond bracelet.

8. What word from Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal” refers to excruciating distress or suffering?
(a) Duration.
(b) Epitome.
(c) Anguish.
(d) Candor.

9. Of what does Theo say in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point,” “that was what the insurance companies called it, catastrophe so random or arcane that there was otherwise no taking the measure of it”?
(a) An act of Nature.
(b) An act of God.
(c) Inflation.
(d) Liability.

10. What is the name of the Chinese quarter in Amsterdam where Boris says he is staying with his girlfriend in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?
(a) Westpoort.
(b) Zeedijk.
(c) Oost.
(d) Noord.

11. What is the name of Theo’s step-grandmother in the novel?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maude.
(c) Anna.
(d) Dorothy.

12. 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”?
(a) A pup tent.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) An easel.

13. What is the name of the woman Andy was planning to marry when he died?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Sascha.
(c) Miyako.
(d) Myriam.

14. What casino’s pool does Boris text Theo from once Theo has arrived in New York in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?
(a) Caesar's Palace.
(b) The Sands.
(c) Circus Circus.
(d) MGM Grand.

15. When did George van der Mijn die?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1763.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1598.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Rembrandt born?

2. What was the name of Mr. Barbour’s uncle that Platt says drowned while trying to cross to the mainland in the 1960s in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

3. 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?

4. Where was Wybrand Hendricks born?

5. What does Boris tell Theo he replaced the stolen painting with in the pillowcase in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

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