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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. How long did the man who took the Mona Lisa work as a handyman at the Louvre?

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

3. How long did Breitwieser work as a security guard at the Mulhouse History Museum?

4. What museum did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus visit in Chapter 1?

5. How long after Breitwieser stole the crossbow was there an article in the local newspaper about the crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stendhal syndrome?

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

3. Where did Breitwieser and Kleinklaus live?

4. Where had Breitwieser and Kleinklaus stolen pieces before stealing the Madeleine?

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

6. What was the weakness at the Rubens House that allowed Breitwieser to steal the Adam and Eve sculpture?

7. What was the Madeleine of France?

8. What was Breitwieser's motive for stealing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does Finkel use cliffhangers in The Art Thief? How do the cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The prosecutor and Breitwieser's defense attorney presented a very different picture of who Breitwieser was and his motives for the thefts during his Swiss trial. What role might bias have played in how the two men portrayed Breitwieser?

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