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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian's father-in-law tell him to do that will allow him to give Julian more money?
(a) Find a painter worth something.
(b) Give him a grandson.
(c) Find good buys in the picture market.
(d) Divorce his daughter.

2. Where does Julian find his father-in-law when he goes to request more money?
(a) At a tavern.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) At his home.
(d) On the golf course.

3. What does Peter Usher go to see Mr. Dixon about?
(a) Showing Peter's work in his gallery.
(b) Commissioning Peter for a painting.
(c) Finding out gossip about Lampeth.
(d) Selling one of Peter's paintings.

4. What does Lampeth say is the reason for the increase in the art market?
(a) The need for investment after WWII.
(b) The high interest of the wealthy Europeans.
(c) The Americans becoming art conscious after WWII.
(d) The revival of the Renaissance.

5. Who does Lampeth receive a postcard from?
(a) A man who has Modigliani sketches.
(b) Peter Usher.
(c) His nephew, Mike.
(d) His niece, Dee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dee go to see the old man who lives above the fish shop?

2. Why did Modigliani have to get rid of his paintings?

3. What does Dee want to write her thesis about?

4. Whose painting does Mad Mitch and Peter recreate in the contest?

5. Who does the old man say received one of Modigliani's paintings?

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