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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) A Penny From Heaven.
(b) People are so Kind.
(c) A Mahout to Guide Her.
(d) So Light, So Soft to the Touch.

2. Where did Charles find Jules a job?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

3. What was the name of Viktor's wife?
(a) Janus.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Emmy.
(d) Florence.

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

5. What can Edmund envision Charles wearing as he sits in his yellow armchair?
(a) A British sports jacket.
(b) A Japanese robe.
(c) A German smoking jacket.
(d) A Chinese dressing gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose work did Renoir call Jew Art?

2. Who does the Princess regard to be her Mahout?

3. What is this the name of the affair that was seen as the peak of anti-Semitism in France?

4. What was the name of the man that Charles brought his netsukes from?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Edmund's relative Ignace von Ephrussi.

5. How did Charles help Laforgue?

6. How did Charles start collecting?

7. How does the author describe Proust?

8. What was the family's goal in terms of their grain business?

9. What passion did Charles and his love share?

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

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