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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20, 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gedanken im Kriege translate to in English?
(a) Austria unite.
(b) War needs love.
(c) Thanks be the war.
(d) Thank God for a Crisis.

2. What pose does Charles hold in Manet's painting?
(a) He is lying onthe grass smoking.
(b) He is kissing the hand of a young lady.
(c) He is standing up in a boat flexing his muscles.
(d) He is sitting with his back to the painter.

3. What famous writer said a library was an act of faith?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Franz Kafka.

4. What businessman was given the title of King of the Jews?
(a) Rupert Murdoch.
(b) James de Rothschild.
(c) Joel Coen.
(d) Emile Zola.

5. What is the name of the woman whose Salon Charles visits?
(a) Madame Straus.
(b) Miss Weaver.
(c) Miss Little.
(d) madame Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author say is the best place out side of Japan to see Japanese art?

2. What does the author call a tonic at the beginning of Chapter 17?

3. Where does the author say was the best place to buy Japanese art?

4. Who is heir to the Hapsburg Empire in 1914?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

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