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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Thomas an expert on?
(a) The conflict in Berlin.
(b) The conflict in Vienna.
(c) The conflict in Odessa.
(d) The conflict in Caucasus.

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

4. What does the author hope the netsuke will open for him?
(a) The key to Viennese intellectual life.
(b) The key to who he is.
(c) The key to his family secrets.
(d) The key to his blocked ideas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Ignace's children does the author call long-faced and huge-eyed?

2. What kind of background did Wessell say a person should have to understand history better?

3. What does the author call a tonic at the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. What was Renoir accused of by his peers?

5. Where did Thomas and travel to last time they traveled together?

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