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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. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?
2. What is the surprise that Rev. Jones and his entourage present to the narrator?
3. What is the White Christian Minuteman?
4. Why does the narrator say Heinz's wife was hard to know?
5. Which of the following is NOT a symbol that the narrator had drawn in the dust of his windowpanes:
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Abraham Epstein's mother hoping to prove when she speaks to the narrator in German?
2. Briefly explain the "Nation of Two" the narrator frequently mentions. What is its original meaning and what does it signify to the narrator personally?
3. Describe the Western Hemisphere University of the Bible. What kind of courses were taught and how could one earn a degree there?
4. Describe the Free American Corps. What was its purpose and how successful was it?
5. How does information regarding the narrator's whereabouts end up in The White Christian Minuteman?
6. 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?
7. Where and in what kind of place does the narrator live while he is in hiding?
8. What is the significance of the leather strap that Bernard Mengel mentions?
9. Why is Helga presumed to be dead?
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
Howard Campbell discovers that Resi has not only deceived him by posing as Helga's sister, but is also a communist agent involved in a plot to kidnap him. Discuss why Campbell is not particularly shocked or angered by these betrayals.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the treatment of Nazis in Mother Night to portrayals of Nazis in other works of literature, movies, or television shows (some examples: Schindler's List, Sophie's Choice, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Sound of Music, Life is Beautiful, Hogan's Heroes, etc.). Does the novel present Nazis in a more or less favorable light than other works? Does the treatment of Nazis in Mother Night seem more or less realistic?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss friendships in the novel such as the friendships the narrator has with Heinz Schildknecht and George Kraft. Consider the role of deception in these and other relationships in the novel.
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