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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jacob Kahn describes Asher as "too religious" to be which type of artist?
(a) Abstract Expressionist.
(b) Cubist.
(c) Impressionist.
(d) Fauve.

2. On what day of the week does Asher visit Jacob Kahn?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. In the beginning of Chapter 12, Aryeh and Rivkeh share a private joke over which of Rivkeh's habits?
(a) Forgetting where she has laid her book.
(b) Biting her fingernails.
(c) Waiting at windows.
(d) Tapping her fingertips on the table.

4. What is Jacob Kahn's wife's name?
(a) Tanya.
(b) Zlata.
(c) Natasha.
(d) Anastasia.

5. Which person from Asher's life in Brooklyn comes to visit him in Paris?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) Anna Schaeffer.
(c) Jacob Kahn.
(d) Aryeh.

6. When Jacob Kahn is demanding that Asher consider a different vocation, he describes art as what?
(a) A god.
(b) A religion.
(c) A wife.
(d) A feel-good experience.

7. Asher copies which painting as a gift for the classmate who teases him?
(a) The Mona Lisa.
(b) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(c) Michelangelo's Last Judgment.
(d) Titian's The Sacrifice of Abraham.

8. For how much do Asher's small paintings sell?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $3,000.

9. Which biblical book does the matron of the hotel read continually?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Deuteronomy.
(d) Proverbs.

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

11. In the Brooklyn Crucifixions, what structure forms the crucifix?
(a) A tree.
(b) Telephone poles.
(c) Lightning.
(d) A Venetian blind.

12. What is Yitzchok Lev's wife's name?
(a) Goldie.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Elizabeth.

13. Which subject shows up on Asher's schedule without his having requested it?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Civics.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

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

15. Where do Asher and Jacob Kahn go to view a Van Gogh exhibit?
(a) Boston.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aryeh notes that someone in Florence thought he belonged to which religious group?

2. What type of artists did Jacob Kahn know in Paris?

3. In what month does Asher meet with Jacob Kahn for the first time?

4. In Paris, Jacob Kahn worked with which famous artist?

5. Where is Asher in the beginning of Chapter 13?

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