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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. What does Lionel Jones claim his organization is doing that the G-man is not?
2. What does the narrator say is a "snaggle-toothed thought machine"?
3. Which actor does the G-man say should play the role of George Kraft in a movie?
4. What was Lionel Jones' chauffeur's nickname?
5. What is the surprise Lionel Jones presents to the narrator at the Iron Guard meeting?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize the key points of the narrator's radio address that was played at the Iron Guard meeting.
2. Describe what happened to the narrator after being beaten and knocked unconscious.
3. What does the narrator tell Frank Wirtanen that he may have done with his life if Germany had won the war?
4. How does Resi Noth die and what is the reason?
5. What does the narrator suggests happened to George Kraft's pipe?
6. Describe the appearance of the Iron Guardsmen.
7. The patrolman the narrator meets outside his home is fascinated with the effects chemicals have on human behavior. What does the patrolman say are ways that chemicals affect human behavior and what are some examples he cites?
8. Describe the narrator's encounter with Adolf Eichmann in the Tel Aviv jail.
9. Describe the encounter at the mailboxes with the unnamed man with the shopping bag.
10. Where does Helga say she found the collection of the narrator's works? What is the significance of this place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Adolf Eichmann plans to use the defense that he was just following orders and is, therefore, not personally responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. Discuss this defense and whether it is ever acceptable.
Essay Topic 3
Some of the younger characters in the novel, such as Dr. Epstein and the narrator's Israeli-born guard, think discussing what happened in the death camps pointless or irrelevant. Discuss whether these attitudes are healthy examples of people trying to get on with their lives and not be burdened by the past or a troubling example of living in denial.
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