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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26, 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following painters did Charles correspond with?
(a) Manet.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Hopper.
(d) Whistler.

2. What does the author call a vision of heaven at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Nine Jewish women parading down Ringstrasse.
(b) Eight white suits hanging on a rail.
(c) His wife and children walking towards him.
(d) A portrait of his family laughing around a fire.

3. What was the occupation of Jules Laforgue?
(a) A poet.
(b) A novelist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

4. Which of the author's family dies on September 30, 1905?
(a) Ignace.
(b) Vitor.
(c) Emmy.
(d) Charles.

5. What can Edmund envision Charles wearing as he sits in his yellow armchair?
(a) A British sports jacket.
(b) A Japanese robe.
(c) A German smoking jacket.
(d) A Chinese dressing gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Viktor receive a visa for on March 1, 1939?

2. In which art gallery does Monet's Les bains de la Grenouillere now hang?

3. What was the name of the Monet painting Charles convinced his friend to buy?

4. What was Durer's nationality?

5. What was the name of the artist that Charles wrote about?

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