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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ordered the Ring to be be built?
(a) Maria Theresa.
(b) Franz Joseph.
(c) Franz Ferdinand.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

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

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

4. Who did Renoir not consider a real artist?
(a) Gauguin.
(b) Whistler.
(c) Moreau.
(d) Van Gogh.

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

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

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

8. What was the only place in the world that had a bigger population of Jews than Vienna?
(a) Israel.
(b) St. Petersburgh.
(c) Odessa.
(d) New York.

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

10. What rumors are going around about Charles at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He Jewish.
(b) He is bisexual.
(c) He is homosexual.
(d) He is an antisemite.

11. Who does the Princess regard to be her Mahout?
(a) Henri.
(b) Charles.
(c) Bonaparte.
(d) Jacques.

12. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) The Yellow Armchair.
(b) The Angry Puppy.
(c) The Purple Wig.
(d) The Red Pullover.

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

14. What does the staircase in the medical insurance office curl up like?
(a) A coil of smoke.
(b) A winner's ribbon.
(c) A sleeping python.
(d) A trail of saliva.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Renoir accused of by his peers?

2. What kind of art did Louise and Charles have a shared passion for?

3. In which famous painting is Charles depicted?

4. What kind of background did Wessell say a person should have to understand history better?

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

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