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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. Where does the author say is the best place out side of Japan to see Japanese art?
2. Which of Ignace's children does the author call long-faced and huge-eyed?
3. Which modern art movement did Charles most admire?
4. Who does the author think Charles may have bought the netsukes to please?
5. What building's ceiling did Baudry decorate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Edmund think was strange about Charles' relationship with the Impressionist painters?
2. How did the Dreyfus affair effect Jewish people?
3. How did the Dreyfus affair change Charles' attitude towards life?
4. How did Charles help Laforgue?
5. Describe Edmund's relative Ignace von Ephrussi.
6. Why does Edmund think he has fallen for Charles?
7. What evidence does de Waal to prove Charles was friends with all the great Paris artists of the late 19th century?
8. Describe the Ringstrasse when it was first built in Vienna.
9. How did Charles start collecting?
10. What does Edmund learn about Charles at the end of Chapter 3?
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
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 3
Discuss the differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a book? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?
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