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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 Louise's new lover?
(a) Peter.
(b) Yannick.
(c) Juan.
(d) Alfonso.

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

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

4. Which modern art movement did Charles most admire?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Dadaism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Expressionism.

5. Why was Freud once called a dirty Jew on a train?
(a) He kissed a gentile woman.
(b) He spilled his coffee.
(c) He opened a window.
(d) He ate a sandwich in a train carriage.

6. Who was elected mayor of Vienna in 1897?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Karl Lueger.
(c) Franz Ferdinant.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

7. Why did people say the Japanese created small artwork?
(a) They had to hide from the authorities.
(b) They are small people.
(c) It is part of their tradition.
(d) They like to wear their artwork as necklaces.

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

9. Where does the author say is the best place out side of Japan to see Japanese art?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Moscow.

10. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.
(b) A Penny Store.
(c) A Penny For Your Thought.
(d) The Start of The Super Store.

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

12. Where was Charles' mistress from?
(a) France.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) Russia.

13. In which city did Viktor live?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Paris.

14. What is this the name of the affair that was seen as the peak of anti-Semitism in France?
(a) The Dreyfus Affair.
(b) The American Affair.
(c) The Zola Affair.
(d) The Rothschild Affair.

15. What kind of publication was the gazette?
(a) A literary journal.
(b) An art periodical.
(c) A monthly mens' magazine.
(d) A news journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the area in Paris the Ephrussi family moved to?

2. In which famous painting is Charles depicted?

3. What was the name of Viktor's wife?

4. What does Edmund compare glass cases in museums to?

5. In which city does Hotel Ephrussi have its counterpart?

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