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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what does Michael deem "the most grotesque oversimplification of all"?
(a) Becoming a doctor.
(b) Defending.
(c) Judging.
(d) Prosecuting.

2. From whom does Michael receive a letter in Chapter 7?
(a) The prison warden.
(b) His old professor.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His father.

3. What is Michael's wife's name?
(a) Sara.
(b) Gertrud.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Anna.

4. What novel does Michael reread at the end of Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Crime and Punishment.
(d) War and Peace.

5. What does Michael do after his exams, something he has not done in a long while?
(a) Writes a letter.
(b) Visits his daughter.
(c) Takes a streetcar.
(d) Visits his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael record, at first?

2. How much money does Hanna leave for Michael to handle?

3. What does Michael believe the person from the cemetery will ask him about the trial?

4. What does Michael never do on the recordings?

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 16, what does Michael say he couldn't "make himself do"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the prison warden, and the exchange she and Michael have when Michael comes to the prison and finds out Hanna has committed suicide.

2. What does Michael do with his own writing?

3. What does Michael decide to do for work, and why?

4. What does Michael dream about on the train from Boston to New York, on the way to visit the daughter from the trial?

5. What does Michael decide to do after he and Gertrud separate in Chapter 5?

6. What happens to Michael when he visits the cemetery in Chapter 3?

7. Although Michael is happy, why does he also feel sorry for Hanna?

8. How does Hanna respond to Michael's questions about the trial and their relationship?

9. Describe the situation that happens at the restaurant in Chapter 15.

10. What does Michael receive at the beginning of Chapter 6, and why does this cause him great joy?

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