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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After attending a funeral in the Fourth Episode, where does Anton go?
(a) To a picnic.
(b) On a train ride.
(c) To a bar.
(d) To Haarlem.

2. How does Anton respond to Fake Ploeg's anger at the end of the Third Episode?
(a) With sympathy.
(b) With bitterness.
(c) With callousness.
(d) With anger.

3. Where does Fake Ploeg live in the Third Episode?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Den Helder.
(c) Haarlam.
(d) America.

4. In which year does the Third Episode take place?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1928.

5. What is Cor Takes biggest regret concerning the night of the assault?
(a) That it caused Truus Coster's arrest and death.
(b) That it caused the hostages to be killed.
(c) That it caused Anton's house to burn.
(d) That Fake Ploeg did not die.

6. Which building near Anton's apartment serves as headquarters for the Communist Party?
(a) Felix Meritis.
(b) The dentist's office.
(c) The Ortskommandantur.
(d) The bakery.

7. What does Anton suffer from in the Third Episode?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Fits of anger.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Cancer.

8. Where does Cor Takes keep a picture of Truus Coster?
(a) In his basement.
(b) In his car.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) Next to his heart.

9. Why does Anton make an appointment with Cor Takes?
(a) To see a picture of Truus Coster.
(b) To accuse him of causing his family's death.
(c) To look at a gun that was Fake Ploeg's.
(d) To tell him what Truus Coster spoke about.

10. What is Fake Ploeg doing when Anton meets him in the Third Episode?
(a) Controlling the mob.
(b) Protesting against the Communist Party.
(c) Escaping from the police.
(d) Campaigning for the Communist Party.

11. Which of the following events happens in the Fourth Episode?
(a) Anton meets his first wife.
(b) Anton meets Fake Ploeg.
(c) Anton meets his second wife.
(d) Anton goes to a birthday party in Haarlam.

12. Where does Anton discuss the details of the assault with Cor Takes?
(a) On the quay.
(b) At a church.
(c) In a cemetery.
(d) At the beach.

13. Who does Fake Ploeg consider responsible for the death of Anton's parents?
(a) The Resistance fighters.
(b) Hitler.
(c) The English.
(d) His father.

14. What happened to Mrs. Ploeg after the war?
(a) She was arrested.
(b) She remarried.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She moved to America.

15. While Anton is talking to Cor Takes in his basement, why does Cor Takes leave the room?
(a) To look for Truus Coster.
(b) To call the police.
(c) To answer the telephone.
(d) To call his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What enters Budapest during the Third Episode?

2. Where does Anton meet Saskia?

3. What is hanging on the wall of Cor Takes's basement?

4. What does Fake Ploeg break in Anton's apartment?

5. What does Fake Ploeg consider his father to be?

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