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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28-30.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the narrator's father insist was not for children, but the narrator looked at anyway?
(a) His mother's obstetrics book from nursing school.
(b) A print of Picasso's Guernica.
(c) A stack of pornographic magazines in his father's garage.
(d) A picture history of the First World War.
2. What does the narrator mean when he claims, "I became what I am today and what I will always be, a stateless person"?
(a) That he can never return to Germany because he was a spy for the Americans.
(b) That the concept of statehood is absurd and there should be just one United State, not fifty.
(c) That the "Nation of Two" that he and his wife created no longer exists because of her death.
(d) That he can never return to the United States because he wrote propaganda for the Nazis.
3. What is George Kraft frantically searching for when he returns to the narrator's apartment?
(a) A diamond engagement ring.
(b) His corncob pipe.
(c) The phone number of someone who wants to buy his paintings.
(d) His bottle of whiskey.
4. What is the general public response after newspapers begin to publish articles about Howard Campbell?
(a) Fear that the situation could strain relations with other countries.
(b) Support because Campbell followed his convictions, even though they were unpopular.
(c) Nobody cares anymore because the war happened so long ago.
(d) Anger, outrage, and calls for swift justice.
5. Andor Gutman explains that "Sonderkommando" means "special detail." What horrific "special detail" did Andor Gutman say members of the Sonderkommando had to perform?
(a) Condemn persons into the gas chambers and then remove their dead bodies.
(b) Extract gold teeth from dead prisoners.
(c) Ensure that Jewish children removed all their clothing before entering the gas chamber.
(d) Check the cesspools of the latrines to make sure no prisoners were hiding there.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which description does NOT apply to Lionel Jones?
2. Bernard Mengel tells the narrator that he (the narrator) is the only man he has heard of who . . .
3. Arpad Kovacs says he joined the Nazi S.S. The S.S. is famous for being what?
4. What does Arpad Kovacs call people who did nothing to save their own lives or anyone else's lives?
5. What prompted the sudden death of August Krapptauer?
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