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

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

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

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

5. Why does Anton's uncle not attend his wedding?
(a) He died in the war.
(b) He does not approve of Anton's wife.
(c) He died in an auto accident.
(d) He has become estranged from Anton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Saskia's father do during the war?

2. Where does Anton meet Cor Takes?

3. How does Anton respond to world politics?

4. Anton's uncle is a party leader for which political party?

5. In which year does the Third Episode take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fake Ploeg speak of his father?

2. What information does Cor Takes give Anton about the assault that he did not know previously?

3. What physical problem does Anton suffer from in the Third Episode?

4. What is in Cor Takes's basement?

5. What are the similarities and differences between Anton and Fake Ploeg (the son)?

6. What are Anton's pastimes while he is an intern?

7. How does Anton respond to the political unrest in Amsterdam in the Third Episode?

8. What is the atmosphere at the funeral in the Fourth Episode?

9. Why does Anton choose to study anesthesiology?

10. What has changed in Anton's life between the Second and Third Episode?

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