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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Freud once called a dirty Jew on a train?
(a) He ate a sandwich in a train carriage.
(b) He spilled his coffee.
(c) He kissed a gentile woman.
(d) He opened a window.

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

3. Whose work did Renoir call Jew Art?
(a) Proust's.
(b) Moreau's.
(c) Van Gogh's.
(d) Schiller's.

4. Which Proust character was Charles said to be the model for?
(a) Alex.
(b) Potter.
(c) Swann.
(d) Janus.

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

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

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

8. What can Charles not get rid of while in Parisian society?
(a) His British currency.
(b) His nervous tick.
(c) His shyness.
(d) His accent.

9. What is this the name of the affair that was seen as the peak of anti-Semitism in France?
(a) The Zola Affair.
(b) The Rothschild Affair.
(c) The Dreyfus Affair.
(d) The American Affair.

10. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.
(b) A Mahout to Guide Her.
(c) People are so Kind.
(d) A Penny From Heaven.

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

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

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

14. What does Edmund compare glass cases in museums to?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Vases.
(c) Show windows.
(d) Coffins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did Jules become a successful business man?

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

3. What can Edmund envision Charles wearing as he sits in his yellow armchair?

4. What is Edmund"s occupation?

5. What is the name of the woman whose Salon Charles visits?

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