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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 Gunther and his team visit in search of clues for the serial murders?

2. Who is Gunther's best informant in Book 1?

3. What is Bernhard Gunther most concerned about losing in Book 1?

4. What does the industrialist offer Gunther that encourages him to start work immediately?

5. Who does Gunther sent to wait in his car to wait outside Haupthandler's beach house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gunther learn about Inge from Nebe?

2. Why does Hermann Six want Gunther's services?

3. What does Gunther believed happened to Pfarr and Grete that he tells Six when he goes to collect his fee?

4. Describe the German Strength.

5. What does Gunther realize in shock about Grete from seeing the photograph Six gives him?

6. What does Gunther find when he goes to Herring's apartment after learning that Bruno is dead?

7. When Gunther goes to the morgue, what does he learn about Grete?

8. Who is Heydrich and how does he get Gunther to help him on a case?

9. What does Gunther reveal at the police station after being taken from the Haupthandler's residence and why is he still frantic?

10. Describe Goering's role.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 2

"He had a nose that looked like it'd gotten more pockmarks in it than every bit of land between the Germans and English at the Somme." Find other examples of simile employed by Philip Kerr in the Berlin Noir that are effective and humorous, revealing interesting details about characters.

Essay Topic 3

What does the title "March Violets" signify? How is this title important in conveying the historical relevance of the novel and what contrasts in people and society does it imply? Explain your thoughts.

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