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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 colors do the French wear?

2. What orders are received at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. What does Marguerite refuse to do near the end of Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. What does Julio want money for in Part 2, Chapter 2?

5. Why does Marcelo take his family to Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Julio and Argensola meet their neighbor in the streets, what does Tchernoff say about the war?

2. Describe Marcelo's journey to his castle in the country.

3. What is Argensola's problem at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 2, and how does he resolve it?

4. What is the significance of the Arc de Triomphe?

5. What does Marcelo learn in Part 2, Chapter 1 when he visits his carpenter?

6. How does Madriaga die and who inherits his property?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does Marcelo do during the day, and how does it make him feel?

8. Describe Madriaga.

9. Why does Marcelo take his family to visit the von Hartrott family in Germany?

10. How does Marcelo's view of the war change in Part 2, Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the tension within Marcelo's family parallel the tension between Germany and France? How is this demonstrated, and which characters serve as examples of this?

Essay Topic 2

What do the events of the novel suggest about the morality and affects of war?

Essay Topic 3

How does Marcelo Desnoyers change throughout the novel? Detail the changes that he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

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