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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jeremy and Jenny first meet?
(a) In Brussels.
(b) In England.
(c) In France.
(d) In Poland.

2. How does Bernard refer to June's preoccupation with the spiritual world in Part Two?
(a) Hocus-pocus.
(b) Born Again Christianity.
(c) New Agism.
(d) Bohemianism.

3. What did the sign posted outside of Majdanek's main entrance not mention?
(a) Black dogs were once there.
(b) That Jews had died there.
(c) It was once a concentration camp.
(d) Americans had died there.

4. Why was Jeremy hesitant to visit Majdanek?
(a) He did not understand why anyone would go there.
(b) He did not have the time.
(c) He had been to Belsen once and that was enough for him.
(d) He was reluctant to spend the money.

5. In Part Two, Bernard and Jeremy see a deserted watchtower over sand that conceal land mines. What do they see there?
(a) A child running.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Nothing but memories.
(d) Rats.

6. What happens to Bernard when a group of teenagers approach him at the Berlin Wall?
(a) He is dragged through the streets by his legs.
(b) He gets kicked in the shin and falls down.
(c) He is called names and becomes embarassed.
(d) He is beaten to death.

7. When Jeremy speaks to the father eating dinner in the hotel, what grammatical error does he make?
(a) He calls the man a woman.
(b) He says "my" instead of "your" jaw.
(c) He leaves verbs out of his sentence.
(d) He speaks in the familiar rather than the more formal way.

8. Where do Jeremy and the father in the hotel restaurant go after speaking?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) To the kitchen.
(c) Outside.
(d) Back to their tables.

9. What was Jeremy's reason for his five hour walk to the dolmen?
(a) To exercise in a spot he knew well.
(b) To consider his relationship with Jenny.
(c) To allign himself with nature the way June and Bernard once did.
(d) To recreate Bernard and June's love before their big quarrel began.

10. Why does Bernard stare at girls on the street?
(a) He thinks of his daughter, Jenny.
(b) He wonders if they could be converted to the Party.
(c) He is looking for a trace of the old June.
(d) He is attracted to beautiful young women.

11. When Jeremy, in Part Two, tells Bernard what June spoke about in a personal way about the two of them, how does Bernard react?
(a) He laughs and says it was just like her to say that.
(b) He is angry and says she got an important detail wrong.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He turns on his heel and leaves Jeremy without a word.

12. When a group of teenagers surround Bernard, what does he tell them?
(a) To take pity on him.
(b) To march with the crowd.
(c) To explain their tatoos.
(d) To take off and leave.

13. What is the name of the woman in the crowd who Bernard notes looks a little bit like June?
(a) Grete.
(b) Astrid.
(c) Maria.
(d) Helga.

14. When Bernard and Jeremy look out over the border and the Wall from an observation stand in Part Two, what one word does Jeremy have to say?
(a) Communism.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Down.
(d) Peace.

15. In what way did Jeremy realize he had heard of Jenny's father, Bernard Tremaine?
(a) From television talk shows.
(b) From a chance meeting at an airport.
(c) He had read his autobiography.
(d) From radio programs and his biography of Nasser.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jenny react when Jeremy tells her that he thinks he is going mad with listening to these conversations in his head?

2. Bernard quotes some lines attributed to Isaiah Berlin to Jeremy. What are they about?

3. Why won't Bernard make conversation with the taxi driver who takes him to the airport?

4. What time of day does Jeremy return to the bergerie?

5. What symbol do some of the teenage boys who harass Bernard have on their selves?

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