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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Proust character was Charles said to be the model for?
(a) Alex.
(b) Potter.
(c) Janus.
(d) Swann.

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

4. Who ordered the Ring to be be built?
(a) Franz Joseph.
(b) Maria Theresa.
(c) Franz Ferdinand.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What painter did Charles help out when he was broke?

2. What was the name of the party Dr. Karl Lueger founded?

3. Where was Charles' mistress from?

4. In which famous painting is Charles depicted?

5. Where did Charles find Jules a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Odessa an important city for the Jews?

2. Why did Westerners view Japanese art as so different?

3. Why does Charles buy a vitrine in Chapter 6?

4. How does the author describe Proust?

5. What can de Waal envision as he scans Charles' room?

6. How did Charles spend his time in Paris?

7. What was Sichel's view of Japan?

8. Describe the Ringstrasse when it was first built in Vienna.

9. What passion did Charles and his love share?

10. What evidence does de Waal to prove Charles was friends with all the great Paris artists of the late 19th century?

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