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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Asher and Avraham Cutler go in Montmartre?
(a) The cinema.
(b) The Moulin Rouge.
(c) Picasso's studio.
(d) A kosher restaurant.

3. Jacob Kahn warns Asher not to become a whore due to which part of Asher's dress?
(a) His beret.
(b) His designer t-shirts.
(c) His payos (earlocks).
(d) His tefillin.

4. Where does Jacob Kahn live?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Upper Manhattan.

5. In Chapter 12, Rivkeh asks Asher several times if what type of painting will appear in his shows?
(a) Crucifixions.
(b) Portraits of people they know.
(c) Nudes.
(d) Abstract impressionism.

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

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

8. In Chapter 14, Asher visits which character who has been ill?
(a) Mrs. Rackover.
(b) Rivkeh Lev.
(c) The mashpia.
(d) Jacob Kahn.

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

10. In Chapter 13, after having viewed the Pieta, Asher draws a man surrounded by what?
(a) Sea gulls.
(b) Fallen leaves.
(c) Mud.
(d) Pigeons.

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

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

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

14. Aryeh notes that someone in Florence thought he belonged to which religious group?
(a) Islam.
(b) Greek Orthodoxy.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Hinduism.

15. In Chapter 11, Asher mentions that which character has passed away?
(a) Anna Schaeffer.
(b) Mrs. Rackover.
(c) The mashpia.
(d) Yitzchok Lev.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jacob Kahn take Asher for the summer?

3. What type of refreshments do they have at Asher's last show?

4. Which person from Asher's life in Brooklyn comes to visit him in Paris?

5. Which biblical book does the matron of the hotel read continually?

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