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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 is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.
(b) A Penny From Heaven.
(c) A Mahout to Guide Her.
(d) People are so Kind.

2. In which famous painting is Charles depicted?
(a) Venus in Furs.
(b) Falling in Love.
(c) Luncheon of he Boating Party.
(d) Nymheas.

3. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?
(a) To marry and be successful.
(b) To become artists.
(c) To take over the government.
(d) To create a Jewish state.

4. Why was Freud once called a dirty Jew on a train?
(a) He opened a window.
(b) He kissed a gentile woman.
(c) He spilled his coffee.
(d) He ate a sandwich in a train carriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Viktor's wife?

2. What was the name of the writer who famously supported Dreyfus?

3. Which of Charles' engravings does Edmund wonder if visitors to his house saw?

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

5. What businessman was given the title of King of the Jews?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Herr Wessel's teaching methods?

2. What problems were Charles and his relative having at the end of Chapter 20?

3. How did Charles start collecting?

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

5. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

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

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

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

9. What does Edmund learn about Charles at the end of Chapter 3?

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

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