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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title of a play about a young maiden and a knight who guard the Holy Grail?
(a) Grail Quest.
(b) The Goblet.
(c) Charley's Aunt.
(d) Sir Gowan.

2. What false name does George Kraft suggest for the narrator?
(a) Casanova.
(b) Pancho Villa.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Don Juan.

3. What is "Dat Old Golden Rule"?
(a) The Golden Rule the way Black Fuehrer says it.
(b) The most important rule that the Iron Guardsmen must obey.
(c) The title of a racist play.
(d) A song the narrator hears on the radio.

4. What is the general public response after newspapers begin to publish articles about Howard Campbell?
(a) Support because Campbell followed his convictions, even though they were unpopular.
(b) Fear that the situation could strain relations with other countries.
(c) Anger, outrage, and calls for swift justice.
(d) Nobody cares anymore because the war happened so long ago.

5. What was George Kraft using as target practice in Jones' cellar?
(a) A portrait of President Kennedy.
(b) Beer bottles.
(c) The black beetles that crawled on the floor and walls.
(d) A racist caricature of a Jewish man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Private Irving Buchanon?

2. What does the schoolteacher in the bomb shelter do to silence his hysterical wife?

3. If someone wished to purchase a copy of Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova with color illustrations, how much extra would it cost?

4. What does Wirtanen tell the narrator that George Kraft had planned to do to him?

5. What does George Kraft do when he realized the narrator was on to his scheme?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inspires August Krapptauer to start a youth movement and what is its key aim?

2. Describe the schoolteacher's wife's behavior in the bomb shelter. How does her husband respond?

3. Describe the encounter between Werner von Braun and the narrator when they meet in New York?

4. What is Resi's explanation for tricking the narrator into thinking she is her dead sister?

5. Describe what happened to the narrator after being beaten and knocked unconscious.

6. Describe the narrator's surroundings when he regains consciousness after being beaten.

7. Describe Lazlo Szombathy, the man who uses the rope intended for the narrator. What had he done in his native country and after coming to America?

8. Summarize the key points of the narrator's radio address that was played at the Iron Guard meeting.

9. According to Frank Wirtanen, why do the Russians want to get their hands on the narrator?

10. What does the narrator suggests happened to George Kraft's pipe?

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