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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which city does Edmund live?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Tokoyo.

2. What was Charles' nickname?
(a) Fox Trotter.
(b) Cheeky Charlie.
(c) Waltzing Boy.
(d) Dancing Dave.

3. What building's ceiling did Baudry decorate?
(a) The Paris Opera.
(b) The Eiffel Tower
(c) The Paris Cathredral.
(d) The Louvre.

4. What was the name of the artist that Charles wrote about?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Albert Durer.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Peter Piper.

5. What sport did the Jewish students take up to counter anti-Semitic feeling?
(a) Kickboxing.
(b) Karate.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Boxing.

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

7. What kind of publication was the gazette?
(a) A literary journal.
(b) A monthly mens' magazine.
(c) An art periodical.
(d) A news journal.

8. Where does the author say is the best place out side of Japan to see Japanese art?
(a) Moscow.
(b) London.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Paris.

9. What was the name of the prison Dreyfus was sent to live in solitary confinement?
(a) Port Island.
(b) Brixton.
(c) Alcatraz.
(d) Devil's Island.

10. Which of Charles' engravings does Edmund wonder if visitors to his house saw?
(a) The lit de parade
(b) The English Patient.
(c) The uno la.
(d) The Nuovo Rebeccani.

11. In which Russian city were Jews allowed to live?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

12. What is the name of Louise's new lover?
(a) Yannick.
(b) Juan.
(c) Peter.
(d) Alfonso.

13. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) The Red Pullover.
(b) The Yellow Armchair.
(c) The Purple Wig.
(d) The Angry Puppy.

14. What was Durer's nationality?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

15. What were Jews blamed for in the 1880s?
(a) The financial problems.
(b) The Boer War.
(c) Deaths of children.
(d) The plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication does Charles write for?

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

3. Why did people say the Japanese created small artwork?

4. Who ordered the Ring to be be built?

5. Why did Renoir say Charles was drawn to gaudy colors?

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