Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	Why did de Kooning and his friend Cohan avoid Ellis Island?
	A.	They had heard that there were many thieves at Ellis Island.
	B.	They wanted to live in Boston.
	C.	They would have been deported from Ellis Island.
	D.	They thought they would have to work at Ellis Island.

2.	Where did de Kooning live when he first arrived in the New York area?
	A.	the Dutch Seaman's Home in Hoboken, New Jersey
	B.	on Barclay Street in Manhattan
	C.	an artists' community in Greenwich Village
	D.	a brownstone building on Canal Street

3.	What did de Kooning see as a badge of success and a symbol of a new identity?
	A.	learning the English language
	B.	making wealthy friends
	C.	getting a job
	D.	wearing fine clothes

4.	What did Leo Cohan tell de Kooning he would find in Manhattan?
	A.	friends from Rotterdam
	B.	other artists
	C.	a woman to marry
	D.	a better job

5.	What essential decision did de Kooning make after his first week working as a commercial artist?
	A.	to return to housepainting in Hoboken
	B.	to change his name to Bill
	C.	to live in the neighborhood of art
	D.	to move back to Europe

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