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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. The narrator compares the way "big Nazis" dance to what fictional character?
2. What is one detail of Resi's post-war life that is true?
3. What is the surprise Lionel Jones presents to the narrator at the Iron Guard meeting?
4. What was the subject of a note Eichmann sends to the narrator when they are both in jail?
5. What was in the shopping bag of the man who beat up the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the offensive drawing that Kraft uses for target practice. Why does the narrator say he drew the "ludicrous" cartoon, and what does he himself think about it?
2. Summarize the key points of the narrator's radio address that was played at the Iron Guard meeting.
3. Describe the schoolteacher's wife's behavior in the bomb shelter. How does her husband respond?
4. According to Frank Wirtanen, why do the Russians want to get their hands on the narrator?
5. What does the narrator tell Frank Wirtanen that he may have done with his life if Germany had won the war?
6. What is the Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova and why did the narrator not want it to be published?
7. What is Resi's explanation for tricking the narrator into thinking she is her dead sister?
8. Describe the planned escape to Mexico. Who was involved and how?
9. Why does George Kraft say he wants to start a new life with the narrator and Resi?
10. Describe the narrator's surroundings when he regains consciousness after being beaten.
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
The novel deals with many sobering topics such as war, genocide, racism, and suicide. Discuss your opinions of the way the novel handles these sensitive topics. For example, does the novel include too many lurid details or not enough? Should the novel have included more humor to lighten the dark tone or would that have distracted from the seriousness of the subject?
Essay Topic 3
The novel seems to present most Nazis as being sane and rational, but presents the members and friends of Lionel Jones' hate group as being irrational and paranoid. Discuss why members of the two groups receive different treatment in the novel. Be sure to consider the narrator's role in the story.
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