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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. How did Xavier's mother die?

2. How did Buhler lose his foot?

3. How does Pili hold his dagger on the bus?

4. What is the announcement concerning?

5. What is the official cause of Stuckart's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Schwanenwerder?

2. What was Rudi Halder's professional career?

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

4. What reason for Buhler's suicide is given by Globus?

5. What led Jost to finding Buhler's corpse?

6. What role in the art-smuggling ring did Stuckart play?

7. What happened to Paul Han and Magda Voss?

8. How was Stuckart and Maria Dymarski said to have died?

9. What is inside the package Xavier takes from Buhler's mailbox?

10. Why does Xavier accuse Hermann Jost of being a homosexual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1994, a TV film of the book was made by HBO. What are the main differences between the novel and the film version? Why do you think the filmmakers adapted these points differently to the author? Do you think the film is effective in telling the story of Fatherland?

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

Look at the structure of the book. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative? Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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