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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tagomi expresses his dislike of the German practices toward what group of people?
(a) Elderly citizens.
(b) Industrial workers.
(c) Foreign visitors.
(d) Farm laborers.

2. What does the reader learn about Albert Speer's approach to revitalizing the USA, as evidenced in New York City?
(a) It eliminates economic competition.
(b) It purchases devalued stocks.
(c) It exploits natural resources.
(d) It employs Japanese immigrants.

3. What word would sum up Frank's opinion of McCarthy?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Distrust.
(c) Respect.
(d) Amusement.

4. How does Wyndam-Matson's feel about "historicity"?
(a) It is inescapable.
(b) It is contradictory.
(c) It is meaningless.
(d) It is hurtful.

5. What is Childan in the business of selling?
(a) Historic American artifacts.
(b) Local modern art.
(c) Japanese made souvenirs.
(d) Abandoned real estate.

6. What rumor does Wyndam-Matson remember that gives him further power over Frank?
(a) He is a Jew.
(b) He is a Slav.
(c) He is a spy.
(d) He is a terrorist.

7. What Joe does suggest that Abendsen's living in a place called The High Castle reflects?
(a) Safely getting a world perspective.
(b) Wisely seeking a peaceful retreat.
(c) Vainly treating himself as royalty.
(d) Cowardly escaping adoring readers.

8. What do phrases like "the fussy, brisk voice," "barely polite," and "deliberately mispronounced his name" initially tell us about Tagomi's character?
(a) He is uneducated.
(b) He is arrogant.
(c) He is insecure.
(d) He is overworked.

9. What does Frank's memory of the landlord Omuro being beheaded by the Japanese Mission because of profiteering off ex-servicemen say about the Japanese?
(a) They respect the law.
(b) They desire wealth.
(c) They are loyal to their religion.
(d) They are cruel to Americans.

10. Joe's comments about the war and the Germans show that he is opposed to ___________.
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Fascism.

11. What does Juliana feel the Germans have made little advancement in despite having gone to Mars?
(a) Radio.
(b) Mail.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Television.

12. What does the author use to establish the relationship between Frank and McCarthy, his foreman?
(a) Conversational dialog.
(b) First person point-of-view.
(c) Another character's observations.
(d) Physical description.

13. What is the Nuremberg Law responsible for as revealed through Juliana?
(a) The expulsion of Jews in New York.
(b) The rise in farming back East.
(c) The separation of her and her husband.
(d) The fighting between Japan and Germany.

14. What Axis power is most accepting of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy?
(a) Italy.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Germany.
(d) Japan.

15. What contradiction does the Oracle's message predict that leaves Frank confused?
(a) Business success and poverty.
(b) Good fortune and doom.
(c) Love's return and loss.
(d) Long life and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words best describe how Joe views the British?

2. In Chapter 6, what does The Oracle predict that further distresses Tagomi?

3. How are Tagomi and Childan similar?

4. How does Childan's ride in the pedicab make him feel?

5. What does the order in which languages are used in making airline announcements symbolize?

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