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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Breitwieser grow up?
(a) Kingersheim.
(b) Saverne.
(c) Wittenheim.
(d) Guebsiller.

3. In Chapter 1, how old was the sculpture Breitwieser wanted to steal?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 525 years.
(c) 800 years.
(d) 615 years.

4. Where was the one-employee museum where Breitwieser took three ivory figurines and a tobacco box out of a cube-shaped case?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

5. How long after stealing Sibylle of Cleves, did Breitwieser film his mother in the downstairs living room?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 4 months.

6. When the Madeleine de France was stolen, how long had it hung in a museum?
(a) 142 years.
(b) 127 years.
(c) 119 years.
(d) 138 years.

7. What castle did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus visit in March 1995?
(a) Oberhofen.
(b) Gruyeres.
(c) Chillon.
(d) Rapperswil.

8. What job did Anne-Catherine often have?
(a) Nurse's assistant in a hospital.
(b) Nurse's assistant in a doctor's office.
(c) Grocery clerk.
(d) Bookstore clerk.

9. Where were Breitwieser and Kleinklaus living in Chapter 2?
(a) Poitiers, France.
(b) Caen, France.
(c) Amiens, France.
(d) Mulhouse, France.

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

11. For how many centuries were the Horses of Saint Mark on the facade of Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice?
(a) 7 centuries.
(b) 6 centuries.
(c) 4 centuries.
(d) 5 centuries.

12. In Chapter 14, where was the European Fine Art Fair held?
(a) Basel.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Maastricht.
(d) London.

13. In 1997, how many works were displayed in Breitwieser and Kleinkalus's attic?
(a) 185.
(b) 210.
(c) Some 200.
(d) About 250.

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

15. When Breitwieser stole a 300-year--old serving platter, how many screws had to be removed from a plexiglass case before he could take the platter?
(a) 30.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to art inspectors, what percent of stolen pieces were retrieved?

2. In September 1995, from where did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus steal a painting that had a security camera pointed directly at it?

3. From where Breitwieser and Kelinklaus lived, how many countries were less than a day's drive away?

4. How long did the thief who took The Duke of Wellington portrait try to sell it before he gave up and surrendered the painting for nothing?

5. 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?

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