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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 service does Axel offer to provide Albert for his trip to the South?

2. What is the name of the hotel Albert, Margot, and Axel are staying at in Rouginard?

3. What language does Udo say he would gladly write in since Germany is unappreciative of his work?

4. What does Albert offer to do to the movie to calm Margot?

5. What does Axel do while he works in his studio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Albert resemble when he gets out of the car at the chalet in Chapter 35?

2. What does Axel convince Margot to tell Albert about the chalet in Chapter 36? Why?

3. What does Albert think might happen at Irma's funeral?

4. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?

5. What does Axel tell the cook he hires from the mountain village?

6. What story does Axel tell Albert about his sculptor friend?

7. After running into Margot in the street, what does Kaspar think to himself about her?

8. What does Albert come to realize as he lies alone in his hospital bed in Chapter 33?

9. What occurs when Margot removes her coat in Chapter 31?

10. What does Chapter 31 begin with an explanation and description of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." Where is the novel set? What time period does the novel take place in? Does this time period affect the plot or characters? What do the places in which the characters live, work, and visit tell the reader about them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss "Laughter in the Dark" as a tragedy. What is a tragedy? What are the elements of a tragedy? Why is "Laughter in the Dark" an example of a tragedy?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What are some of his other works? What are some parallels between "Laughter in the Dark" and his other work? Are there any elements in "Laughter in the Dark" which Nabokov borrows from his own experiences?

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