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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is rumored about Germany that concerns both Tagomi and Juliana?
(a) Germany is aligning itself with China.
(b) Germany is going to lose its leader.
(c) Germany is about to break communication channels.
(d) Germany is about to invade the Pacific States.

2. What does McCarthy tell Frank he has a plan to get for their business?
(a) Materials from an old friend.
(b) Financing from their former boss.
(c) Shop space from an uncle.
(d) Approval from the Japanese Ministry.

3. What does the young driver's discovery about the character of Baynes suggest about the novel?
(a) The main conflict is about to be resolved.
(b) The plot may move in a new direction.
(c) The point of view will change.
(d) The setting will shift to Europe.

4. What does McCarthy suggest is the reason Frank is initially reluctant to start his own business?
(a) Threats of harming Juliana.
(b) Repeated past job failures.
(c) Years of political brainwashing.
(d) Fear of Wyndam-Matson's revenge.

5. How does Mrs. Kasoura seem to Childan?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Standoffish.
(c) Bashful.
(d) Intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter 6 closes, what does the manila envelope that Frank and McCarthy receive contain?

2. What is Childan upset over as the novel opens?

3. What does Childan do as a result of what he has learned from the university in Chapter 4?

4. What best describes the territory of the Rocky Mountain States?

5. According to Childan, what is special about some of the people his shop gives him the opportunity to meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. The voice of the radio quotes from The Bible, "What profit it a man if he gain the whole world but in this enterprise lose his soul?" How does this apply to what we have witnessed of this world in Chapter 1?

2. While at a special session about the possible candidates for the new German Chancellor, Tagomi becomes ill and leaves. What factors cause him to take the chance of being shamed by his abrupt departure?

3. When told by the university that "there is a regular industry turning out these fakes," Childan gets angry and insists that this is only a rumor. Why is he in such denial even when the proof lies before him?

4. What is the source of the conflict Frank faces over his reading of the I Ching? How does he finally interpret this message? What does he decide as a result?

5. Wyndam-Matson and his girlfriend get into a long discussion about historicity. What is historicity? What point does Wyndam-Matson make about it? How is this idea supported in the novel?

6. In Chapter 4, Frank speaks of Gresham's Law. What does this law suggest? How does Childan's reaction to the discovery about some of his merchandise reflect his understanding of the importance of this law?

7. Despite initiating a relationship with Joe, whom she finds attractive, Juliana begins to feel uncomfortable around him. Why? What might this be foreshadowing?

8. What is Childan's plan when he makes an appointment with his supplier, Ray Calvin? What does this further reveal about his character? Do you feel this is a realistic reaction?

9. While consulting the I Ching, Frank thinks of how "his life was bound up with all other lives and particles in the universe." What does this mean? How might it be applied to Chapter 1 and serve as foreshadowing for the rest of the novel?

10. One aspect of science fiction is that there is an element of the real world in it. What similarities can be seen in World War II and its aftermath as related in the High Castle and the history as we know it?

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