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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. Where does the narrator say he met Rudolf Hoess?
2. What unique symbol is on Campbell's typewriter given to him in the Jerusalem prison?
3. From whom did the narrator take the motorcycle?
4. Which country did Robert, the limousine driver, support during the war?
5. According to the narrator, what was the only thing about Helga that had changed since he last saw her?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In chapter one, where is the narrator? Why is he there and what is he doing?
3. Why was Lionel Jones sent to prison (before he became acquainted with the narrator), and based on what evidence?
4. What reason does Andor Gutman give for thinking that the position of "corpse-carrier" would be a good job?
5. Why is Helga presumed to be dead?
6. Why had Father Keeley been "unfrocked"?
7. What happened to members of the Sonderkommando when their job was done? How were they replaced?
8. Of what does the Haifa Institute consider Heinz Schildknecht to be an expert and why?
9. What is the significance of the leather strap that Bernard Mengel mentions?
10. What is the gist of Bernard O'Hare's letter to the narrator?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Adolf Eichmann says he plans to use the defense that he was just a soldier following orders. Discuss whether this is a sufficient defense in a war crimes hearing or trial.
Essay Topic 2
Consider Howard and Helga's "Nation of Two." Is such a concept a good idea for a couple, a family, or even a single person? Discuss pros and cons of small groups or individuals considering themselves to be their own nation.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the concept of patriotism as presented in the novel compared to your own idea of patriotism. Give your definition of patriotism and discuss what you think patriotism means to some of the characters in the novel.
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