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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered a Jewish sin?
(a) Making money from money.
(b) Living in a Ghetto.
(c) Marrying a gentile.
(d) Reading the New Testament.

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

3. What country did Charles decide to travel to shortly after arriving in Paris?
(a) Italy.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

4. What is the name of the book Herr Wessel made Viktor translate from English into German?
(a) The Wandering Jew.
(b) The Guiness Book of World Records.
(c) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(d) The Bible.

5. What kind of background did Wessell say a person should have to understand history better?
(a) A language background.
(b) A socialist background.
(c) A fascist background.
(d) A liberal background.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which does the author state the one thing Emmy was very good at?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) Geography.
(c) Telling stories.
(d) History.

12. What did Charles give Viktor for a wedding present?
(a) His gold watch.
(b) His estate.
(c) A Van Gogh painting.
(d) The 267 netsuke.

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

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

15. Which of Charles' brothers was a playboy?
(a) Jules.
(b) Ignace.
(c) Ronnie.
(d) Rupert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charles find Jules a job?

2. Where in Vienna was Viktor"s mansion located?

3. What sport did the Jewish students take up to counter anti-Semitic feeling?

4. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

5. What was Durer's nationality?

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