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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. Who is Albert's family physician?

2. What does Margot ask her landlady to do at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Who is Frieda?

4. How long did Axel stay at Margot's flat?

5. In Chapter 17, how long has it been since Margot last saw Axel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margot weep after running into Axel again at the dinner party?

2. Why does Margot lose her self-confidence after her encounter with the Austrian man in Solfi?

3. What does Margot tell Albert when he asks how she found out his name?

4. When Margot runs into Otto and his friends , they take her into a bar. What memory does Margot recall?

5. What does Albert notice when he returns home after spending the night with Margot in Chapter 9?

6. How is Margot described when Albert first sees her?

7. At the beginning of the novel what project is Albert trying to get off the ground?

8. What does Albert decide he must do in order to stop tormenting himself about his family's absence?

9. How does Margot find out Albert's true identity?

10. What is the reaction of Albert's acquaintances to the news that Elisabeth has moved out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What is the genre of the work? What elements are found in this genre and this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of betrayal in the novel "Laughter in the Dark." Who betrays whom in the novel? What effect does this betrayal have on the characters and the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of deceit. What acts of deceit occur in the novel? Who are deceitful characters? How do they affect the other characters lives? Does truth prevail?

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