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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. Whose card do Belinsky and Gunther find on the body of the dead dentist?

2. Why does Belinksy follow Gunther?

3. Whose funeral will be held in Vienna?

4. Why was Inge taking cocaine?

5. What does Belinsky tell Gunther that the organization in Pullach is suspected to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colonel Poroshin ask Gunther to do?

2. What is revealed in the seance about a dead teenager?

3. What is Gunther surprised to see in Vienna as compared to Berlin after the war?

4. What does Becker's ex-wife tell Gunther about Becker?

5. What does the discovery of hashish reveal to Gunther?

6. What does Liebl reveal to Gunther about many Austrians in the War and its aftermath?

7. What was Becker's assignment and who did he meet with?

8. What does Gunther realize about Linden's death from Belinsky and looking at dental records in Dr. Heim's office?

9. Describe Konig.

10. What does Gunther learn at the Berlin Documents Center?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

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 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in Berlin Noir. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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