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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 cafe that was the meeting point for young writers?

2. Whose work did Renoir call Jew Art?

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

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

5. Why did Renoir say Charles was drawn to gaudy colors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Charles help Laforgue?

4. Why does Charles buy a vitrine in Chapter 6?

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

6. How does the author describe Proust?

7. How did Charles spend his time in Paris?

8. What was expected of Viktor and his friends?

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

10. Describe Edmund's relative Ignace von Ephrussi.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the early part of the 20th century? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

In the book the author describes how the American attack and occupation changed Japan.

1. What was Japan like before the war? How did America ideals change Japan?

2. How did the Japanese cope with the change? Do they harbor any bitterness towards the Americans?

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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