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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Aryeh disappears without a trace for a while, but in the beginning of Chapter 9, he sends Rivkeh and Asher a telegram from which city?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

2. Where does Asher have his first experience of painting a nude?
(a) An art class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) Jacob Kahn's studio.
(c) In school.
(d) At home.

3. How old is Aryeh at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Thirty-two.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Mid forties.
(d) Fifty-five.

4. In which university does Rivkeh teach Russian affairs?
(a) New York University.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Bronx University.

5. Asher accuses Aryeh of being blind in which way?
(a) Morally.
(b) Aesthetically.
(c) Theologically.
(d) Socially.

6. In Chapter 14, Asher helps which person shovel snow?
(a) Mrs. Rackover.
(b) Yudel Krinsky.
(c) The Rebbe.
(d) The mashpia.

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

8. Aryeh makes the statement that which type of people take art very seriously?
(a) Americans.
(b) Newspaper writers.
(c) Art critics.
(d) Goyim.

9. Asher's first original creation in Jacob Kahn's studio is in what medium?
(a) Charcoals.
(b) Marble.
(c) Oils on canvas.
(d) Plaster of paris.

10. At Jacob Kahn's vacation home, in which part of the house does Asher live?
(a) The studio.
(b) The attic.
(c) The basement.
(d) A sun porch.

11. What language does the Rebbe encourage Asher to study in college?
(a) Russian.
(b) Arabic.
(c) German.
(d) Greek.

12. In what month does Asher meet with Jacob Kahn for the first time?
(a) March.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) May.

13. Where did Jacob Kahn first meet Anna Schaeffer?
(a) West Berlin.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Paris.
(d) Montreal.

14. Jacob Kahn states that all paintings fall into one of which two categories?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Geometry and a flower.
(c) Impressionism and realism.
(d) Love and hate.

15. While in Europe, what does Asher receive in the mail from Anna Schaeffer?
(a) A beret.
(b) A box of cookies.
(c) An envelope full of cash.
(d) An irate letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. In which European city does Asher decide to stay for a year or two?

3. Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past?

4. When the reviewers attack the Brooklyn Crucifixions, Anna Schaeffer calls them what name?

5. One art critic describes Asher's work as having a "menacing affinity" for what?

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