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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness did Jules die from?
(a) Small pox.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Mumps.

2. Which modern art movement did Charles most admire?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) Dadaism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Impressionism.

3. What is the name of the woman whose Salon Charles visits?
(a) madame Beatrice.
(b) Miss Little.
(c) Miss Weaver.
(d) Madame Straus.

4. What kind of publication was the gazette?
(a) A literary journal.
(b) A news journal.
(c) A monthly mens' magazine.
(d) An art periodical.

5. Where did Charles find Jules a job?
(a) Rome.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What pose does Charles hold in Manet's painting?

3. Where does the author say is the best place out side of Japan to see Japanese art?

4. What was Durer's nationality?

5. What does the author call an art?

Short Essay Questions

1. What passion did Charles and his love share?

2. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

3. Describe Edmund's relative Ignace von Ephrussi.

4. Why was Odessa an important city for the Jews?

5. Why does Charles buy a vitrine in Chapter 6?

6. What was the family's goal in terms of their grain business?

7. Why does Edmund think he has fallen for Charles?

8. How does Edmund describe his family's palais?

9. How did Charles live his life differently from his brothers?

10. How did the Dreyfus affair change Charles' attitude towards life?

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