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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 kind of publication was the gazette?

2. Why did people say the Japanese created small artwork?

3. What was the name of the artist that Charles wrote about?

4. What is the name of Louise's new lover?

5. What was the main export out of Odessa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Drumont write about Jews in his anti-Semetic newspaper?

2. What passion did Charles and his love share?

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

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

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

6. How did Charles spend his time in Paris?

7. What was Sichel's view of Japan?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the stories and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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