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

2. In Chapter 9, Jacob Kahn encourages Asher to paint the full depth of his hatred for which person in his life?

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

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

5. At Jacob Kahn's vacation home, in which part of the house does Asher live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Asher's surroundings while he lives with Jacob Kahn in Provincetown.

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

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

5. What does Asher draw for his enemy classmate? Describe the picture.

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

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

8. Describe how Anna Schaeffer looks.

9. What objects does Asher notice in his parents' bedroom?

10. How does the Rav Dorochoff react to Asher's calling him in the middle of the night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does religion affect the daily lives of the Lev family? Provide some examples of the way they think about God throughout the day, remembering to include a discussion of their activities, their conversation, and their world views.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Asher have to move to Paris after his community sees the Brooklyn Crucifixions? Do you think Asher was right to leave Brooklyn, or do you think he should have publicly defended his work? Why?

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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