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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 saved Albert's car from plunging over the parapet?
2. To what does Margot compare her appearance onscreen?
3. What does Udo notice when he runs into Germans abroad?
4. In Chapter 31, what does an old woman collect high above the road?
5. In the story Axel tells about his sculptor friend. Where do the sculptor and his wife walk to at the end?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author make it clear that Elisabeth senses when Albert's accident occurs?
2. In Chapter 29, what does Udo say he heard while on the bus?
3. What does Albert resemble when he gets out of the car at the chalet in Chapter 35?
4. What happens as a result of the layout of the hotel where Albert, Margot, and Axel stay at in Rouginard?
5. What does Albert think might happen at Irma's funeral?
6. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?
7. What story does Axel tell Albert about his sculptor friend?
8. What lie does Albert tell Margot at the end of Chapter 24?
9. After running into Margot in the street, what does Kaspar think to himself about her?
10. How does Margot feel about her film debut?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the motif of attraction and lust in the novel "Laughter in the Dark." Who is attracted to whom in the novel? How do these characters show their attraction or lust for others? How does their attraction cause trouble for them?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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