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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) A Penny For Your Thought.
(b) A Penny Store.
(c) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.
(d) The Start of The Super Store.

2. What painter did Charles help out when he was broke?
(a) Manet.
(b) Renoir.
(c) Monet.
(d) Van Gogh.

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

4. Why did people say the Japanese created small artwork?
(a) It is part of their tradition.
(b) They are small people.
(c) They like to wear their artwork as necklaces.
(d) They had to hide from the authorities.

5. What was the name of the party Dr. Karl Lueger founded?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Christian Social Parts.
(c) The Green Party.
(d) The Social National Party.

6. Which modern art movement did Charles most admire?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Dadaism.

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

8. In which art gallery does Monet's Les bains de la Grenouillere now hang?
(a) Guggenheim.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The London National Gallery.
(d) The Berlin National Gallery.

9. What publication does Charles write for?
(a) The Journal.
(b) The Gazette.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Guardian.

10. Where in Vienna was Viktor"s mansion located?
(a) Goethestrasse.
(b) Zionstrasse.
(c) Lubeckerstrasse.
(d) Ringstrasse.

11. What kind of art did Louise and Charles have a shared passion for?
(a) Russian art.
(b) Japanese art.
(c) Chinese art.
(d) Jewish art.

12. What was the name of Viktor's wife?
(a) Janus.
(b) Florence.
(c) Emmy.
(d) Lauren.

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

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

15. What was the main export out of Odessa?
(a) Iron.
(b) Grain.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Durer's nationality?

2. Which Proust character was Charles said to be the model for?

3. Which of Charles' brothers was a playboy?

4. What were Jews blamed for in the 1880s?

5. What was the only place in the world that had a bigger population of Jews than Vienna?

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