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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman whose Salon Charles visits?
(a) Miss Weaver.
(b) Madame Straus.
(c) madame Beatrice.
(d) Miss Little.

2. What is the name of the book Herr Wessel made Viktor translate from English into German?
(a) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Guiness Book of World Records.
(d) The Wandering Jew.

3. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?
(a) To marry and be successful.
(b) To become artists.
(c) To take over the government.
(d) To create a Jewish state.

4. What material were the netsuke rates made from?
(a) Gold.
(b) Ivory.
(c) Silver.
(d) Wood.

5. What was Dreyfus accused of?
(a) Murder.
(b) Treachery.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Adultery.

6. What kind of art did Louise and Charles have a shared passion for?
(a) Chinese art.
(b) Japanese art.
(c) Jewish art.
(d) Russian art.

7. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) The Yellow Armchair.
(b) The Angry Puppy.
(c) The Red Pullover.
(d) The Purple Wig.

8. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) People are so Kind.
(b) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.
(c) A Penny From Heaven.
(d) A Mahout to Guide Her.

9. What painter did Charles help out when he was broke?
(a) Renoir.
(b) Monet.
(c) Manet.
(d) Van Gogh.

10. What is Edmund"s occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Potter.
(c) Poet.
(d) Politician.

11. Where were Renoir's portraits of Louise's two daughters exhibited?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Salon.
(c) The Factory.
(d) The National Gallery.

12. What does the author call an art?
(a) Star gazing.
(b) House watching.
(c) Autograph hunting.
(d) House sitting.

13. What was the name of the man that Charles brought his netsukes from?
(a) Sichel.
(b) Dreyfus.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Swann.

14. What was the name of the writer who famously supported Dreyfus?
(a) Zola.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Proust.
(d) Mann.

15. What was the name of the party Dr. Karl Lueger founded?
(a) The Green Party.
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) The Social National Party.
(d) The Christian Social Parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does the author say was like a box of sweets?

2. What building's ceiling did Baudry decorate?

3. What was Durer's nationality?

4. Which Proust character was Charles said to be the model for?

5. What did Viktor and his wife, Emmy, inherit?

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