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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. Which does the author state the one thing Emmy was very good at?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) History.
(c) Geography.
(d) Telling stories.

2. In which Russian city were Jews allowed to live?
(a) Moscow.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Kiev.

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.
(b) The Start of The Super Store.
(c) A Penny Store.
(d) A Penny For Your Thought.

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Examining the Japnese.
(b) Thoughful Ponderings.
(c) A Box of Children's Sweets.
(d) Eureka.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in Vienna was Viktor"s mansion located?

3. What illness did Jules die from?

4. Who ordered the Ring to be be built?

5. What can Charles not get rid of while in Parisian society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

2. What was Sichel's view of Japan?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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