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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Jacob Kahn's wife's name?
(a) Natasha.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Zlata.
(d) Tanya.
2. In the evenings during the summer, which street do Asher and Jacob Kahn often walk on?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Elm Street.
(d) Commercial Street.
3. Where did Jacob Kahn first meet Anna Schaeffer?
(a) Montreal.
(b) West Berlin.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Paris.
4. On what day of the week does Asher visit Jacob Kahn?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.
5. When Jacob Kahn is demanding that Asher consider a different vocation, he describes art as what?
(a) A wife.
(b) A god.
(c) A religion.
(d) A feel-good experience.
6. What city does Jacob Kahn describe as a "gift"?
(a) Vicenza.
(b) Athens.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Florence.
7. In Chapter 11, Asher mentions that which character has passed away?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) Yitzchok Lev.
(c) Mrs. Rackover.
(d) Anna Schaeffer.
8. In Chapter 14 when Asher cannot find his parents, where are they?
(a) The subway.
(b) Out to dinner at a kosher restaurant.
(c) Vienna.
(d) The University of Chicago.
9. To whom is Jacob Kahn referring when he mentions the "old Spaniard"?
(a) Don Quixote.
(b) Francisco Franco.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Picasso.
10. Jacob Kahn describes Asher as "too religious" to be which type of artist?
(a) Cubist.
(b) Fauve.
(c) Impressionist.
(d) Abstract Expressionist.
11. Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Eighty.
12. Where does Asher fly with Jacob Kahn to see a Matisse exhibition?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Paris.
13. Where do Asher and Jacob Kahn go to view a Van Gogh exhibit?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.
14. What is the setting of the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Levs' apartment.
(b) The Berkshire Mountains.
(c) Asher's apartment in Europe.
(d) Jacob Kahn's studio.
15. In Chapter 12, Rivkeh asks Asher several times if what type of painting will appear in his shows?
(a) Crucifixions.
(b) Nudes.
(c) Portraits of people they know.
(d) Abstract impressionism.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Jacob Kahn take Asher for the summer?
2. Aryeh makes the statement that which type of people take art very seriously?
3. When Asher falls asleep in class, the teacher makes fun of him by calling him which name?
4. In Chapter 14, Asher helps which person shovel snow?
5. In the Brooklyn Crucifixions, what structure forms the crucifix?
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