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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Wybrand Hendricks born?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Paris.

2. The following quote opens Part IV of The Goldfinch: “It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.” Who is attributed to this quotation?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Schiller.
(d) Carson McCullers.

3. What actress’s husband killed himself on their wedding night and wrote in a suicide note, “It was only a farce,” according to Theo in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Jean Harlow’s husband.
(b) Marilyn Monroe's husband.
(c) Joan Crawford's husband.
(d) Betty Grable's husband.

4. Where was Rembrandt born?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) London, England.
(c) Sydney, Australia.
(d) Lieden, Dutch Republic.

5. What room number does Theo have at the hotel in Amsterdam in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?
(a) 89.
(b) 23.
(c) 27.
(d) 46.

6. Where do the newspapers describe the killings as having taken place in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Overtoom.
(b) Noord.
(c) Febaten.
(d) Oost.

7. Who wrote the novel The Idiot?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Constantin Stanislavski.
(d) Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

8. Grisha tells Theo in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued” that the term “Russian Jew” is what?
(a) An oxymoron.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) A simile.
(d) A metaphor.

9. What character from the dry cleaners does Theo describe always sporting a tape measure around his neck in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?
(a) Charles.
(b) Zito.
(c) Juan.
(d) Vinnie.

10. When was Seven Pillars of Arabia published?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1799.

11. What character from the novel The Idiot does Boris describe as always committing good actions in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) Myshkin.
(b) Nastásya.
(c) Rogózhin.
(d) Alyosha.

12. Who is Mrs. Barbour’s friend that gave her the dogs after the death of her husband and Andy?
(a) Mercedes de la Pereyra.
(b) Saffi Caspersen.
(c) Mike McNatt.
(d) Joey Cable.

13. Platt Barbour tells Theo that he has just begun working for what academic publisher in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Knopf.
(b) Compton and Smith.
(c) Blake-Barrows.
(d) Penguin.

14. What are the names of Mrs. Barbour’s dogs that Theo meets when he visits her in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?
(a) Bobo and Mittens.
(b) Socks and Spot.
(c) Ting-a-Ling and Clementine.
(d) Chiva and Pittsy.

15. What casino’s pool does Boris text Theo from once Theo has arrived in New York in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?
(a) MGM Grand.
(b) Circus Circus.
(c) The Sands.
(d) Caesar's Palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boarding school that Pippa attends in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

2. Where was the painter George van der Mijn born?

3. What is Victor’s last name in the novel?

4. Who is the woman that works for Boris what Theo meets when he first sees Boris in New York in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

5. What is Kitsey’s real first name?

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