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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following painters did Charles correspond with?
(a) Whistler.
(b) Hopper.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Manet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which famous person found the Ringstrasse enchanting?
(a) Freud.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Proust.
(d) Hitler.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected mayor of Vienna in 1897?

2. What is a vitrine?

3. What kind of publication was the gazette?

4. What is the name of Louise's new lover?

5. Who ordered the Ring to be be built?

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