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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Jacob Kahn travels to see an art show in which city?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. When Asher falls asleep in class, the teacher makes fun of him by calling him which name?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Sitra achra.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Rembrandt.

3. One art critic describes Asher's work as having a "menacing affinity" for what?
(a) "Chagallian excesses."
(b) "Picassoid forms."
(c) The absurd.
(d) The macabre.

4. Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Eighty.

5. What is the setting of the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Berkshire Mountains.
(b) Asher's apartment in Europe.
(c) The Levs' apartment.
(d) Jacob Kahn's studio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Asher and Jacob Kahn go to view a Van Gogh exhibit?

2. Where do Asher's parents eat after the show?

3. What college does Rivkeh enter?

4. What is Jacob Kahn's wife's name?

5. After feeling unable to correctly tint the shadows of Rivkeh's cheek with a pencil, Asher uses what object to create the color of shadow?

(see the answer key)

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