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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 is the misleading title of chapter 23?

2. What special ceremony is planned at the weekly meeting of the Iron Guard of the White Sons of the Constitution?

3. According to the narrator, what is the only part of a pig that is not used at the Chicago Stockyards?

4. What was unique about Arndt Klopfer's photography?

5. What is the "booty" that the narrator and Frank Wirtanen discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inspires August Krapptauer to start a youth movement and what is its key aim?

2. Describe the encounter at the mailboxes with the unnamed man with the shopping bag.

3. What does the narrator suggests happened to George Kraft's pipe?

4. Where does Helga say she found the collection of the narrator's works? What is the significance of this place?

5. Summarize the key points of the narrator's radio address that was played at the Iron Guard meeting.

6. According to Frank Wirtanen, why do the Russians want to get their hands on the narrator?

7. Describe the scene at Jones' house after the narrator returns from his meeting with the Blue Fairy Godmother.

8. What is the Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova and why did the narrator not want it to be published?

9. What does the narrator tell Frank Wirtanen that he may have done with his life if Germany had won the war?

10. Why does the narrator say he "froze" after he is released after the raid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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