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

2. When Gunther is taken to the police station, what does he tell the police?

3. Who is the actual owner of Greis' apartment?

4. What does Stahlecker tell Gunther about Paul Pfarr?

5. Who is Klaus Herring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Six tell Gunther about Mutschmann and the jewelry and documents?

2. Who is Arthur Nebe and what does he believe?

3. What does the maid tell Gunther about the deceased couple?

4. Why is Reinhard Lange being blackmailed?

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

6. What did the German Strength group need from Bock and Mutschmann and what happened to them?

7. What does Gunther learn when he visits Tillesson's residence?

8. How does Gunther gain access to Haupthandler's apartment?

9. What does Goering offer Gunther and vice-versa?

10. What does Gunther learn when he visits Tegal Prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in Germany in the 1940s and 1950s when the women in Berlin Noir are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? How is this different from women in other European countries at the time and in America? For example, when Inge is not allowed to work despite her experience, what does this reveal about the German Reich and their principles for society? What freedoms, if any, did they have that women today do not have?

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

Explain the taboo of homosexuality that still existed at the time Berlin Noir was written in the 1950s. Compare and contrast homosexuality in America during this period to homosexuality in America today. What major changes have occurred concerning the social attitude towards homosexuality in both positive and negative ways?

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