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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Emmy dressed as in the picture in Chapter 17 taken in 1900?
(a) Judith Danae.
(b) Esther Freud.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Anne Boelyn

2. What philosopher did Emmy call a bear with the manners of a bear?
(a) Klimt.
(b) Russell.
(c) Freud.
(d) Nietszche.

3. What newspaper did Viktor read in order to follow news about the war?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Independent.
(c) The Guardian.
(d) The Herald.

4. Who wrote the novel, "The Radetzky March"?
(a) Beatrice Potter.
(b) Joseph Roth.
(c) Gustav Springer.
(d) Thomas Mann.

5. What do the Austrian people boycott on April 23?
(a) Jewish shops.
(b) Hitler's speeches.
(c) The swimming baths.
(d) Football matches.

6. What did Charles leave Emmy in his will?
(a) His book collection.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) A Rimbaud painting.
(d) A gold necklace.

7. What does the author call a vision of heaven at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) A portrait of his family laughing around a fire.
(b) His wife and children walking towards him.
(c) Eight white suits hanging on a rail.
(d) Nine Jewish women parading down Ringstrasse.

8. What country did Thomas travel to Odessa from by taxi?
(a) Slovakia.
(b) Armenia.
(c) Moldova.
(d) Hungary.

9. What did Iggy visit for the first time in October 1947?
(a) His father's grave.
(b) His mother's grave.
(c) The house in Tunbridge Wells.
(d) His grandchildren.

10. What two places does the author say Emmy knows how to live in?
(a) The town and the city.
(b) England and Vienna.
(c) Vienna and France.
(d) The country and the city.

11. Why is it seen as dishonorable when Germany invaded Belgium?
(a) It is a neutral country.
(b) It supports the Germans.
(c) It is in poverty.
(d) It has no government.

12. What is the title of Chapter 34?
(a) On a Hatstand.
(b) On Polish.
(c) Laughing Eith the Dead
(d) Working Through the Mud and Grain.

13. What subject did Elisabeth teach in England to earn extra money?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Maths.
(d) Latin.

14. Which country do the Ephrussi go to for their long month away?
(a) USA.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

15. Who is talking to Emmy in the picture in Chapter 17 taken in 1906?
(a) Viktor.
(b) The Empress.
(c) Charles.
(d) The Archduke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Henrik de Waal play?

2. What is the only color Evelina wears?

3. Which two foreign languages can Emmy speak?

4. How is Elisabeth related to the author?

5. What do Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier sign on September 30th?

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