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

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

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

4. When did Edward Lloyd offer a reward for watches?

5. How tall was the sculpture Breitwieser wanted to steal in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911, and how did he steal it?

2. How did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus struggle with careers?

3. What was the Madeleine of France?

4. Who began to believe many museum theft in Switzerland were linked?

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

6. In January 1997, how did Breitwieser decide to throw the police off their trail?

7. How was the painting The Scream retrieved after it was stolen?

8. What painting did Breitwieser steal at a Sotheby's estate auction and how did he take it?

9. What was Breitwieser's motive for stealing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Therapist Cesar Redondo believed Kleinklaus was forced against her will to assist Breitwieser in his thefts. Bernard Darties of the French art police believed Kleinklaus chose to participate in thefts with Breitwieser. Was Kelinklaus an accomplice or a victim?

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

According to police logic, there were three ways that thieves usually got rid of art. What were the three ways that thieves usually got rid of art? How did that theory hamper their investigation of Breitwieser’s thefts?

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