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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 is Emmy dressed as in the picture in Chapter 17 taken in 1900?
(a) Esther Freud.
(b) Judith Danae.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Anne Boelyn

2. What is the nationality of the man who assassinates the Archduke?
(a) Bulgarian.
(b) Bosnian.
(c) Serbian.
(d) Croatian.

3. How is Elisabeth related to the author?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His mother.
(d) His second cousin.

4. By what name was James Morris later called?
(a) Frank Morris.
(b) Jan Morris.
(c) Patra Yearly.
(d) Gay Talese.

5. Why didn't the critics like netsuke?
(a) They thought no effort went into making them.
(b) They thought they were overdone.
(c) They thought they were too delicate.
(d) They thought they had no color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elisabeth named after?

2. What was printed on the dial of the English Radio?

3. In which city was Viktor born?

4. Why kind of parties did Iggy find very boring?

5. What did Charles leave Emmy in his will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

2. Why are Joseph Roth's novels so interesting to Edmund?

3. Why were the netsuke so important to the children?

4. Describe the family apartment when Elisabeth visits after the second world war.

5. How did life in Vienna change after Hitler visited the city?

6. Why does Edmund think Emmy had so many lovers over the years?

7. How did Vienna change during the war?

8. Why does the author think the Japanese are so good with their hands?

9. What does Edmund's father find for Edmund that he thinks will be important to his research?

10. Why was Iggy happy to settle down in Tokyo?

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