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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. Comparing himself to Lionel Jones, the narrator insists that he is neither __________ nor __________.
(a) Ignorant nor insane.
(b) Racist nor bigoted.
(c) German nor American.
(d) Smart nor good-looking.

2. What does Arpad Kovacs call people who did nothing to save their own lives or anyone else's lives?
(a) Rotten apples.
(b) Briquets.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Excrement.

3. Where does the narrator say he met Rudolf Hoess?
(a) On a train to Warsaw.
(b) At a New Year's Eve party.
(c) In the prison exercise yard.
(d) In a bar in Berlin.

4. How did the narrator say he ended up in Germany?
(a) He went there on a college work-study program.
(b) His father was transferred there because of work.
(c) His German wife missed her family and was homesick.
(d) He was working as a war correspondent for the New York Times.

5. Why did the narrator and his mother begin to avoid each other?
(a) Because his mother did not like Helga.
(b) Because of their differing views of the war.
(c) Because the narrator looked too much like his father, who had left her for a younger woman.
(d) Because of her bizarre behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the letters "W.H.U.B." stand for?

2. What fact does the narrator never reveal to his wife?

3. What grim task does Werner Noth ask the narrator to do?

4. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?

5. The narrator claims he didn't really steal his friend's motorcycle, but . . .

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Goebbels' response to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

2. How and where does the narrator learn the lurid details of his father-in-law's death and what does the narrator find troubling about the article, besides the fact that it is about the death of someone he knows?

3. How does the narrator describe The White Christian Minuteman and what is his reaction to it arriving in his mailbox?

4. What frequently occurs in the little park outside the narrator's window that would often get his attention, and what is the significance of this?

5. Briefly explain the "Nation of Two" the narrator frequently mentions. What is its original meaning and what does it signify to the narrator personally?

6. In chapter one, where is the narrator? Why is he there and what is he doing?

7. Describe the Western Hemisphere University of the Bible. What kind of courses were taught and how could one earn a degree there?

8. What reason does Andor Gutman give for thinking that the position of "corpse-carrier" would be a good job?

9. Describe the narrator's lifestyle while he is in hiding. How does he live and from where does he get his income?

10. Describe Resi's reaction to the news that her dog must be killed.

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