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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 1, where was the museum located that Breitwieser and Kleinklaus visited?

2. When was Breitwieser born?

3. What type of sweaters did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus have alike that they often wore?

4. When did Strasbourg psychologist Henri Brunner evaluate Breitwieser?

5. In August 1995, from what castle did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus steal two pieces at once?

Short Essay Questions

1. What observations did psychotherapist Schmidt make about Breitwieser?

2. How did Breitwieser steal the Adam and Eve sculpture?

3. Although Breitwieser claimed he did not interact much with his mother, how did they interact?

4. What did Breitwieser hate about the theft by the thieves at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in March 1990?

5. What was Breitwieser's motive for stealing?

6. How were Breitwieser and Kleinklaus's childhoods different?

7. Where and how did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus steal a crossbow?

8. Why did Breitwieser give up on a theft of a knife in May 1996 and then return later to get the knife?

9. What stone figurines did Picasso have stolen from the Louvre, and why did he return them?

10. What was Breitwieser like as an adolescent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Art is present in every culture worldwide. What is art? How does cultural background contribute to what someone perceives and enjoys as art?

Essay Topic 2

Werner Muensterberger wrote a textbook about impulsive collectors. He wrote that unhealthy collection took over a person's life. What did Muensterberger believe it meant to be a collector? Did Breitwieser seem to have a collecting addiction?

Essay Topic 3

In media res is the technique of beginning a narrative with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end of a series of events. Where does Fenkel begin Breitwieser’s story? How does Finkel plunge into the narrative without an explanation? How does beginning the narrative in the middle of Breitwieser’s story affect readers?

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