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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. Who was elected mayor of Vienna in 1897?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Karl Lueger.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Franz Ferdinant.

2. In which city did Jules become a successful business man?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Odessa.

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

4. What was the name of the writer who famously supported Dreyfus?
(a) Mann.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Proust.
(d) Zola.

5. Which famous person found the Ringstrasse enchanting?
(a) Proust.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Freud.
(d) Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Proust character was Charles said to be the model for?

2. What were the golden serving dishes shaped like?

3. Why was Freud once called a dirty Jew on a train?

4. What kind of publication was the gazette?

5. Which of Ignace's children does the author call long-faced and huge-eyed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did anti-Jewish feeling in France effect Charles?

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

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

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

5. What was Sichel's view of Japan?

6. How does the author describe Proust?

7. What passion did Charles and his love share?

8. Describe Edmund's relative Ignace von Ephrussi.

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

10. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

(see the answer keys)

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