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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the area in Paris the Ephrussi family moved to?
(a) Le Novo.
(b) Le Eastend.
(c) Le Westend.
(d) Le Fink.

2. Where does the author say was the best place to buy Japanese art?
(a) USA.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan.

3. What was Renoir accused of by his peers?
(a) Painting to order.
(b) Stealing their girlfriends.
(c) Inhumane painting.
(d) Forgery.

4. Which of Ignace's children does the author call long-faced and huge-eyed?
(a) Anna.
(b) Tascha.
(c) Stefan.
(d) Viktor.

5. Who was elected mayor of Vienna in 1897?
(a) Karl Lueger.
(b) Franz Ferdinant.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

6. In which famous painting is Charles depicted?
(a) Nymheas.
(b) Venus in Furs.
(c) Falling in Love.
(d) Luncheon of he Boating Party.

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

8. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Thoughful Ponderings.
(b) Examining the Japnese.
(c) A Box of Children's Sweets.
(d) Eureka.

9. In which city did Viktor live?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Dublin.

10. What material were the netsuke rates made from?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Gold.
(c) Wood.
(d) Silver.

11. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?
(a) To marry and be successful.
(b) To create a Jewish state.
(c) To become artists.
(d) To take over the government.

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

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

14. What is a vitrine?
(a) A netsuke polish.
(b) A glass cabinet.
(c) A pair of tweezers.
(d) An alcoholic drink.

15. Who does the author think Charles may have bought the netsukes to please?
(a) Iggy.
(b) Emily.
(c) Louise.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 7?

2. What rumors are going around about Charles at the end of Chapter 9?

3. Which of Charles' engravings does Edmund wonder if visitors to his house saw?

4. Why was Freud once called a dirty Jew on a train?

5. Which modern art movement did Charles most admire?

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