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

2. Why did Renoir say Charles was drawn to gaudy colors?
(a) He had working class roots.
(b) He was too rich to understand.
(c) He was a Jew.
(d) He wasn't an artist.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does the author say was like a box of sweets?

2. Where were Renoir's portraits of Louise's two daughters exhibited?

3. What country did Charles decide to travel to shortly after arriving in Paris?

4. What was the name of the party Dr. Karl Lueger founded?

5. What did Charles give Viktor for a wedding present?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Sichel's view of Japan?

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

6. How did Charles start collecting?

7. What does Edmund think was strange about Charles' relationship with the Impressionist painters?

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

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

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

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