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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of hat does Asher wear?
(a) Fez.
(b) Fisherman's cap.
(c) Beret.
(d) Baseball cap.
2. What type of artists did Jacob Kahn know in Paris?
(a) Abstract artists.
(b) Impressionists.
(c) Fauves.
(d) Cubists.
3. Who is Avraham Cutler's father?
(a) Reuben Cutler.
(b) The mashpia.
(c) The Rebbe.
(d) Yudel Krinsky.
4. In Chapter 13, after having viewed the Pieta, Asher draws a man surrounded by what?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Fallen leaves.
(c) Sea gulls.
(d) Mud.
5. What day is it when Asher and Aryeh have the discussion about blindness and about the technical language of the critics?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) Shabbos.
6. Where does Asher want to go after graduating?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Europe.
(c) Medical school.
(d) Seattle.
7. In Chapter 10, which museum do Jacob Kahn and Asher visit together?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Brooklyn Museum.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Chrysler Museum.
8. Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art?
(a) The David.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) American Gothic.
(d) The Sistine Chapel.
9. At the show, Jacob Kahn tells Asher that he wishes he had whose "gall"?
(a) Picasso's.
(b) The Rebbe's.
(c) Chagall's.
(d) Moses's.
10. At the very end of Chapter 13, to which city does Asher travel?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Paris.
(c) Florence.
(d) New York City.
11. One art critic describes Asher's work as having a "menacing affinity" for what?
(a) The macabre.
(b) "Picassoid forms."
(c) "Chagallian excesses."
(d) The absurd.
12. Which subject shows up on Asher's schedule without his having requested it?
(a) Civics.
(b) Russian.
(c) Algebra.
(d) French.
13. In Chapter 14, which character does Asher call to ask about his parents?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) Yudel Krinsky.
(c) Avraham Cutler.
(d) Rav Dorochoff.
14. What does Jacob Kahn call the man who talks to them about the art market in Tokyo?
(a) A whore.
(b) A shark.
(c) Naive.
(d) Obnoxious.
15. Asher's first original creation in Jacob Kahn's studio is in what medium?
(a) Oils on canvas.
(b) Marble.
(c) Charcoals.
(d) Plaster of paris.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 14, Asher helps which person shovel snow?
2. In Chapter 14 when Asher cannot find his parents, where are they?
3. What method of creating art does Asher learn in Chapter 11?
4. In the Brooklyn Crucifixions, what structure forms the crucifix?
5. What city does Jacob Kahn describe as a "gift"?
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