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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Rivkeh asks Asher several times if what type of painting will appear in his shows?

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

3. Where do Asher and Jacob Kahn go to view a Van Gogh exhibit?

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

5. In admiring Asher's first work of art in the Kahn studio, Jacob Kahn calls the work what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of paintings does Jacob Kahn emphasize in his trips with Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Why?

2. Describe the sculpture that Jacob Kahn specifically keeps for himself in Chapter 11, purportedly at his wife's request.

3. Which four people from the Bible does the Pieta portray?

4. What does Aryeh look like in Chapter 12, after Rivkeh has spent several years with him in Europe?

5. Describe how Jacob Kahn looks in Chapter 14.

6. What does Jacob Kahn say about the first painting Asher creates of his enemy classmate?

7. How does Asher describe the difference between a naked woman and a nude?

8. Why does the Rebbe want Asher to study Russian?

9. In Chapter 13, Asher's understanding of his mythic ancestor changes. What does Asher realize about him?

10. Describe the Brooklyn Crucifixions.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jacob Kahn feels that it is necessary for Asher to learn to paint nudes. What do you think Asher's artistic education would have lost without learning to paint nudes? What value is there in that activity? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Anna Schaeffer's role in Asher's life. How do you feel about the way her employees arrive at Asher's apartment, carry away his paintings, and don't let him see them again until the show?

Essay Topic 3

The book does not directly address Asher's love life, but it does offer hints, such as Asher's mention of "greetings" with a girl in Paris. In the Ladover community, marriages are arranged through families, although the bride and groom may also offer their consent. Describe Rivkeh's talking to Asher about the possibility of finding a wife. How does Asher handle this discussion? How do you think Asher would unite his duties to art with his duties to a potential wife and children? Explain.

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