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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charlotte recalls her Tante Louise telling her to be as smart as __________________.
(a) The snakes.
(b) A whip.
(c) A tack.
(d) A razor.

2. Charlotte tells Doug that her father was ______________.
(a) An industrialist.
(b) A priest.
(c) A criminal.
(d) A Nazi.

3. What would happen to Charlotte if she broke her oath?
(a) She would be executed.
(b) She would be imprisoned.
(c) She would be prosecuted.
(d) She would be deported.

4. What nationality is Charlotte?
(a) Polish.
(b) Romanian.
(c) Irish.
(d) German.

5. Whose answering machine picks up in "Eine Spende"?
(a) Doug's.
(b) Charlotte's.
(c) Max's.
(d) John's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlotte show Doug in her basement?

2. In the scene "I, Lothar Berfelde" Charlotte talks about being manipulated by what organization?

3. What did the oath require Charlotte to do?

4. Which of the following does not describe Charlotte?

5. What precious stone is in the phonograph needle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nuances does Charlotte relate to listening to different types of music on the phonograph?

2. How is Charlotte described and what is the thing that distinguishes her as a man?

3. How does Doug come to meet Charlotte?

4. What role does the book, DIE TRANSVESTITEN, play in Charlotte's life?

5. How did Tante Luise scare Charlotte's father into leaving his family alone while at her home?

6. What poster does Charlotte point out to the audience?

7. How does Charlotte explain the museum in "Das Gr'nderzeit Museum?"

8. How is Charlotte spared being recruited into the SS army?

9. What does the author, Doug Wright, explore in the first five sections of I AM MY OWN WIFE?

10. What does Charlotte tell Doug about her childhood?

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