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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. How did Oskar die, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 7?
(a) He died in the concentration camps.
(b) He was shot by the SS when he tried to save Alysse.
(c) He took his life after Alysse was captured.
(d) He was killed by Alysse's father.

2. What types of stories does Edith's student Garrett write?
(a) Stories narrated by trees.
(b) Stories narrated by dead writers.
(c) Stories narrated by animals.
(d) Stories narrated by objects.

3. What does Erich witness while drinking at an outdoor cafe in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) A street brawl.
(b) The end of a marriage.
(c) An employee getting fired.
(d) A public performance.

4. What is the name of Gore Vidal's villa?
(a) Villa Rufolo.
(b) La Rondinaia.
(c) Villa Cimbrone.
(d) Villa Carlotta.

5. What is the name of Edith's sister?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Rose.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Roslyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the American writer disliked by Erich?

2. In what country was Erich born?

3. How does Gore feel about Maurice when the two meet?

4. According to Gore, what would have happened had he allowed himself to be seduced by Maurice?

5. Whom does Erich see with a bottle of champagne in Part II, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maurice aspire to be? What obstacle does he face regarding his dream, and what advice does Erich offer him in Part I, Chapter 2?

2. What act of "literary larceny" does Maurice commit in Part I, Chapter 5? How does Erich react?

3. How did the friendship between Oskar and Erich end, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 7?

4. Who is Robert and what does he want from Edith in Part II, Chapter 2?

5. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, what happened to Erich and Dash?

6. What is Gore Vidal's first impressions of Maurice?

7. What happens to Erich during the panel event in Part I, Chapter 6? How did Maurice respond?

8. How does Maurice fail regarding Gore Vidal? How do the two part ways?

9. What happened when Erich and Oskar took a biking trip together?

10. Who is Erich Ackermann and what has happened to him at the opening of the novel?

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