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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Hearing (1933)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator watch?
(a) The death of a sparrow in the snow.
(b) The building of a snowman.
(c) The way the ice freezes on the sidewalk.
(d) The Nazis walking by the apartment.

2. Where does Mrs. Schneider go to sob loudly?
(a) To the narrator's apartment.
(b) To the police station.
(c) To the synagogue.
(d) To see Mr. Rosenthal.

3. Who does the judge suggest the Nazis may turn against next?
(a) The Russians.
(b) Those of a different political party.
(c) Vegetarians and Catholics.
(d) The Poles.

4. Of what does the speaker talk?
(a) The plight of the unemployed.
(b) The glory of WWI.
(c) The terrible things the Jews have done.
(d) The coming glory of war.

5. Why does the Nazi demand that Friedrich and the narrator leave?
(a) Because they greet Mr. Rosenthal.
(b) Because they go into the shop.
(c) Because they are so young.
(d) Because they are Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the judge tell the Reschs' attorney?

2. Who demands the case be dismissed?

3. What do the narrator and Friedrich think about the landlord's demand?

4. Who gets to go outside and play?

5. For whom does the narrator's grandfather work?

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