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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) James.
(b) Wendell.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Michael.

2. Part V of The Goldfinch opens with the following quotation: “We have art in order not to die from the truth.” Who is attributed to this quote?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

3. 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) Carson McCullers.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Schiller.
(d) Beethoven.

4. 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) Joan Crawford's husband.
(b) Betty Grable's husband.
(c) Marilyn Monroe's husband.
(d) Jean Harlow’s husband.

5. How much money does Boris say he is giving to Theo when he finally appears at the Amsterdam hotel in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”?
(a) 1 million Euros.
(b) 500,000 Euros.
(c) 3 million Euros.
(d) 2 million Euros.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Theo his watch and ring to wear for the meeting with the underground art dealers in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?

2. What is the name of the woman Andy was planning to marry when he died?

3. What psychiatric disorder had Mr. Barbour been diagnosed with?

4. Who tells Theo that he’s seen men stalking outside of the antiques shop in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

5. What is the name of Tom Cable’s sister that Platt Barbour once dated?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Chapter 10: “The Idiot” begin? What obstacles is Theo facing in the beginning of the chapter?

2. How does Boris describe his plan for retrieving the painting to Theo in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?

3. What does Theo do once he returns to his hotel in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”? Why is this a significant part of the story?

4. What takes place when Theo meets with the art thieves in Chapter 11: “The Gentleman’s Canal”?

5. What does Theo confess to Hobie in Chapter 9: “Everything of Possibility”?

6. What is foreshadowed by the conversation between Theo and Grisha in Chapter 8: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop, continued”?

7. What letters does Theo write in Chapter 12: “The Rendezvous Point”? Why?

8. What has Theo done with The Goldfinch after arriving at Hobie’s shop in Chapter 7: “The Shop-Behind-the-Shop”?

9. What does Theo learn about Havistock Irving from Hobie in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”?

10. Where does Theo meet Boris in Chapter 10: “The Idiot”? What does Boris confess to Theo?

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