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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. What does Xavier shave with?

2. What does Xavier smell on Globus' breath?

3. Where does Frau Luther say her husband is?

4. Who does Globus now work for?

5. Who does Heydrich enjoy beating, according to Kripo rumour?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Reich security forces organized?

2. How had Germany achieved peace with the United States?

3. How has the Unter den Linden changed since 1936 in the novel?

4. What was Rudi Halder's professional career?

5. Why has Stuckart's death been transferred to the sexual crimes division?

6. What is the official history of resettlement in Poland, as described by Rudi Halder?

7. Describe Xavier's uniform.

8. Describe Xavier's office in the Kripo headquarters.

9. What is the significance of President Kennedy's visit to Berlin?

10. Why do you think Max is scared by the Gestapo involvement in Buhler's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Harris represent both American and German cultures in his novels? What way could these representations be called problematic?

Essay Topic 2

The author wrote Fatherland in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

How does the book's setting affect the meaning of the book? Do you think the story would be as effective in Stalin's Russia or Mussolini's Italy?

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