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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who said he would protect the the Viennese Jews?
(a) Karl Lueger.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Josef Stalin.
(d) The Emperor.

3. What does the author call an art?
(a) Star gazing.
(b) Autograph hunting.
(c) House sitting.
(d) House watching.

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

5. What was the name of the cafe that was the meeting point for young writers?
(a) Oxford Cafe.
(b) Griensteidl Cafe.
(c) Das Stadt Cafe.
(d) Pembroke Cafe.

6. What was the name of the writer who famously supported Dreyfus?
(a) Mann.
(b) Proust.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Zola.

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

8. What was the name of the man that Charles brought his netsukes from?
(a) Swann.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Sichel.
(d) Dreyfus.

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

10. In which city did Jules become a successful business man?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Paris.

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

12. How does Edmund say the netsuke were different from most other art pieces?
(a) Very little time was spent making them.
(b) They could only be viewed under a microscope.
(c) They were unbreakable.
(d) The were made to be touched.

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

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

15. What was Dreyfus accused of?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Murder.
(d) Adultery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Charles' mistress from?

2. What was Durer's nationality?

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

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

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

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