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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 10: The Idiot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Theo describe the woman that arrives at his door in the end of Chapter 2: “The Anatomy Lesson”?
(a) A chubby Korean woman.
(b) A tall Native American woman.
(c) A petite Irish woman.
(d) An elderly black woman.

2. Who is the maid that brings Andy and Theo appetizers when Mrs. Barbour hosts a party in Chapter 3: “Park Avenue”?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Etta.
(c) Marie.
(d) Pru.

3. What is the name of Theo’s bike-messenger drug-dealer in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Xandra.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Boris.
(d) Peter.

4. What job did Theo’s mother work at part-time after coming to New York?
(a) Art preservation.
(b) Modeling.
(c) Catering.
(d) Law assistant.

5. What psychiatric disorder had Mr. Barbour been diagnosed with?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Theo describe his mother as having in Chapter 1: “Boy with a Skull”?

2. What was the name of Mr. Barbour’s uncle that Platt says drowned while trying to cross to the mainland in the 1960s in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

3. Who was the painter The Goldfinch?

4. Grisha tells Theo in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued” that the term “Russian Jew” is what?

5. When did Rembrandt live?

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