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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 was considered a Jewish sin?
(a) Making money from money.
(b) Living in a Ghetto.
(c) Marrying a gentile.
(d) Reading the New Testament.

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

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

4. What country does the author say was like a box of sweets?
(a) Britain.
(b) Poland.
(c) Japan.
(d) Russia.

5. What was the name of the cafe that was the meeting point for young writers?
(a) Griensteidl Cafe.
(b) Pembroke Cafe.
(c) Das Stadt Cafe.
(d) Oxford Cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which Russian city were Jews allowed to live?

2. Who said he would protect the the Viennese Jews?

3. What was the name of the Monet painting Charles convinced his friend to buy?

4. Where was Charles' mistress from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Herr Wessel's teaching methods?

2. What evidence does de Waal to prove Charles was friends with all the great Paris artists of the late 19th century?

3. How did Charles help Laforgue?

4. What can de Waal envision as he scans Charles' room?

5. Why did Westerners view Japanese art as so different?

6. How did Charles spend his time in Paris?

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

8. How did Charles start collecting?

9. What did Drumont write about Jews in his anti-Semetic newspaper?

10. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

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