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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 does Sophie tell Hoss about her being at the camp?
2. What does Sophhie beg Hoss to do?
3. Who assaults Sophie while living in the Hoss household?
4. Who does Sophie dream about on her last night in Hoss' household?
5. What does Sophie do when Nathan returns after being gone so long?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what first happens when Nathan returns to the boarding house in Chapter 14.
2. Write a short paragraph about why Nat Turner is famous and why Stingo tells Nathan about him.
3. Stingo, as the older narrator, recites some statistics about the Holocaust. Give a summary of them.
4. What happened with Sophie and her boss that causes Nathan to scream at her?
5. Describe the day Sophie was arrested.
6. Describe Stingo's interaction with his father during his father's trip to New York.
7. Describe some of the differences between Sophie's stay at the Hoss's household and the way the rest of the camp prisoners lived.
8. Sophie's attraction to Dr. Dürrfeld is a metaphor which also came out in her dream. Explain this statement.
9. What happened when Stingo received a call from Nathan's brother?
10. What kind of literature is Stingo reading twenty years after meeting Sophie and Nathan and why is he reading it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Sophie tells Stingo much more of her experiences in the concentration camp than she tells Nathan? Use examples from the book to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the SS Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Franz Höss. Include his explanation of his actions and why he said he had such a difficult life.
Essay Topic 3
Although belief in the basic evil of the Jewish people was part of the cause of the holocaust, it was not a phenomena that existed only in Nazi Germany. The Jewish people have been reviled and persecuted throughout most of their history. How do you think the general attitude of the world towards Jews helped produce Nazi Germany? Use examples from the book and your own research.
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