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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Breitwieser steal a crossbow?
(a) February 1995.
(b) December 1994.
(c) March 1995.
(d) January 1995.

2. How far apart in age were Breitwieser and Kleinklaus?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 1/2 years.
(d) 3 months.

3. How many keys were needed to open the rooms of the house Breitwieser shared with his mother?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. What art did Von der Muhll collect?
(a) 19th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 18th century.
(d) 20th century.

5. How many books did Breitwieser eventually have in his personal art library?
(a) 750.
(b) About 600 books.
(c) Over 500 books.
(d) 450.

6. How old was the castle where Breitwieser saw a terracotta apothecary jar displayed high on a shelf?
(a) 790 years.
(b) 680 years.
(c) 750 years.
(d) 800 years.

7. From where Breitwieser and Kelinklaus lived, how many countries were less than a day's drive away?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) A dozen.
(d) A half dozen.

8. What did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus usually do when they went out with friends?
(a) Go and get sodas.
(b) Go to a restaurant.
(c) Meet at pubs.
(d) Meet at friend's houses.

9. When Breitwieser filmed his mother after stealing Sibylle of Cleves, how much did he say he wanted to steal when Kleinklaus turned the camera on him?
(a) Millions.
(b) $6 billion.
(c) $5 million.
(d) Billions.

10. According to The Journal of Art Crime, what was the value of annual art thefts?
(a) Several billion dollars.
(b) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(c) $2 billion.
(d) $900 million.

11. In Chapter 6, who gave Breitwieser the four-poster bed in his bedroom?
(a) His maternal grandparents.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His paternal grandparents.

12. In Chapter 7, who painted the piece that drew Breitwieser's attention at a castle?
(a) Heinrich Gotthold Arnold.
(b) Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich.
(c) Philipp Wilhelm Oeding.
(d) Georg Christoph Martini.

13. When was a Francisco Goya portrait of The Duke of Wellington stolen?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1958.

14. By the end of Chapter 7, how many times had Breitwieser and Kleinklaus stolen something as a couple?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. How many people did it take in 1975 at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to steal a Rembrandt?
(a) 17.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what date had Breitwieser and Kleinklaus stolen three out of every four weekends for nearly two years?

2. When was The Scream stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo?

3. In Chapter 2, what what centuries were most of the oil paintings that hung on the walls of the house where Breitwieser and Kleinklaus were living?

4. How much did King Francois I pay for the Mona Lisa when he bought it from da Vinci?

5. From where did Breitwieser take a silver-and-gold trophy from 1689?

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