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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 Helga's present to the narrator when they are reunited?
2. Which directive does NOT appear on the sign that the Black Fuehrer of Harlem posts at the Iron Guard meeting?
3. What does the narrator mean when he says, "alles kaput"?
4. Who does the Blue Fairy Godmother say are communist agents?
5. What is the topic of Resi's speech at the Iron Guard meeting?
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. What is Resi's explanation for tricking the narrator into thinking she is her dead sister?
3. What is the Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova and why did the narrator not want it to be published?
4. What does Frank Wirtanen say will happen to Jones, Keeley, the Black Fuehrer, and the Iron Guardsmen after the raid?
5. How did the narrator meet Werner von Braun and what detail does he recall from that meeting?
6. Describe the schoolteacher's wife's behavior in the bomb shelter. How does her husband respond?
7. When the narrator returns to his ransacked attic home, what does it remind him of?
8. What does the narrator tell Frank Wirtanen that he may have done with his life if Germany had won the war?
9. 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?
10. Describe the encounter between Werner von Braun and the narrator when they meet in New York?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Mother Night was originally published in 1961 and is set in that time and in earlier times of the narrator's life, especially World War II. Discuss whether a novel written decades ago relating to events that happened decades before that is relevant today.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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