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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 Renoir accused of by his peers?
(a) Stealing their girlfriends.
(b) Forgery.
(c) Inhumane painting.
(d) Painting to order.

2. Who said he would protect the the Viennese Jews?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) Karl Lueger.
(c) Josef Stalin.
(d) Winston Churchill.

3. What did Charles give Viktor for a wedding present?
(a) The 267 netsuke.
(b) His gold watch.
(c) His estate.
(d) A Van Gogh painting.

4. What is Edmund"s occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Writer.
(c) Potter.
(d) Politician.

5. What is the name of Louise's new lover?
(a) Yannick.
(b) Peter.
(c) Alfonso.
(d) Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did Viktor live?

2. What was the main export out of Odessa?

3. Which of Charles' brothers was a playboy?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Edmund imagine the house was like when Charles and his brothers lived there?

4. What passion did Charles and his love share?

5. What was Sichel's view of Japan?

6. Describe the Ringstrasse when it was first built in Vienna.

7. What were Herr Wessel's teaching methods?

8. How did Charles start collecting?

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

10. How did the Dreyfus affair effect Jewish people?

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