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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 does Erich watch at the end of Part I?
(a) The Exxon Valdez oil spill.
(b) The World Series.
(c) The fall of the Berlin Wall.
(d) The rally in Tiananmen Square.

2. At what school is Edith going to teach?
(a) The University of Manchester.
(b) The University of Cambridge.
(c) The University of Oxford.
(d) The University of East Anglia.

3. To what city do Erich and Maurice go in Part I, Chapter 7?
(a) Delft.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Rotterdam.

4. How does Gore feel about Maurice when the two meet?
(a) Gore disapproves of Maurice.
(b) Gore is suspicious of Maurice.
(c) Gore is confused by Maurice.
(d) Gore is besotted with Maurice.

5. On the night the novel opens, where was a public reading of Erich's novel held?
(a) East Side Gallery.
(b) The Literaturhaus.
(c) Brandenburg Gate.
(d) The Reichstag.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Erich betray Oskar, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 7?

2. Of what group was Erich a member when he was a youth?

3. What did Erich tell Oskar about his drawing, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?

4. What plan did Oskar tell Erich, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 6?

5. What does Erich think of the story Maurice sends him in Part I, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Erich meet Oskar Gött?

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

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

4. What happened on Oskar's birthday, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 6?

5. What is the status of Maurice's literary career, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 1?

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

7. How does Dash feel about Maurice, according to his conversation with Gore Vidal?

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

9. According to Erich, who were Mischlings? How was Erich personally defined by the term, as explained in Part I, Chapter 2?

10. How does Maurice dash Erich's hopes in Part I, Chapter 7?

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