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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the area in Paris the Ephrussi family moved to?

2. What was the name of the prison Dreyfus was sent to live in solitary confinement?

3. What was Durer's nationality?

4. What kind of publication was the gazette?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Ringstrasse when it was first built in Vienna.

2. How did Charles start collecting?

3. What were Herr Wessel's teaching methods?

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe Proust?

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

9. How did the Dreyfus affair effect Jewish people?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Hitler able to turn the public against the Jews and other minorities in Germany? What was the environment in Germany that allowed him to create such hatred towards the minorities? What has western Europe done to ensure this won't happen again?

Essay Topic 2

How did his family's suffering effect de Waal's own upbringing? How has de Waal tried to cope with what his family has been through? Do the students think second and third generations can be effected by problems that occurred within their family over 50 years before?

Essay Topic 3

How different is the Jewish outlet on life from the Christian's outlook on life? What are the main conflicts between the two cultures?

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