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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. At the end of Chapter 28, what time does Julian meet Sissy every evening after joining the M.M.s?

2. What job is Doremus given when he is in the concentration camp in Chapter 31?

3. In Chapter 29, what country does Italy assist with good roads, trains, and other benefits?

4. What does Julian study when he expects to be promoted to M.M. district headquarters in Hanover?

5. In Chapter 38, how many secret agents does Mr. Dobbs have under him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary Greenhill die?

2. In Chapter 22, why does Doremus think that concentration camps are being opened?

3. At the end of Chapter 36, what does Doremus do with Lorinda before he is sent to Canada?

4. In Chapter 30, how is Doremus arrested?

5. In Chapter 27, what scheme does Mary devise and carry out by herself?

6. In Chapter 25, how is Doremus recruited for the New Underground?

7. Why is Colonel Dewey Haik not a good candidate for Secretary of War?

8. In Chapter 34, what were Julian's reports worth when he was in the M.M.?

9. What assignment is Doremus given at the end of Chapter 37?

10. How do the details that Sissy, Buck, Mary, Doremus, and Father Perefixe learn to create a picture of the activities of the Corpo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Doremus considers a fascist government and the best ways to protect freedom. What faults does Doremus find with fascism? What does he believe are the best ways to protect freedom from fascists or other opponents of democracy?

Essay Topic 2

Philip uses an idiom to show that he things a government needs to be broken before it can be formed into a good administration. What idiom does Philip use? How does he use the idiom to push his ideas about government? Why does Doremus believe that people are not souls to be broken to make a government?

Essay Topic 3

Doremus observes Windrip’s dictatorship and dictatorships that he reads about, and he decides that there is a common structure in dictatorships. What commonalities does Doremus see in various dictatorships? What does he decide is the “biology of dictatorships” (285)?

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