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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 does Christopher usually do during the day?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Teach.
(d) Write.

2. Where does Frau Nowak go to live?
(a) Paris.
(b) With her daughter.
(c) Nursing home.
(d) Sanitarium.

3. Although some of the confrontations between Nazis and Jews were _________, most were violent.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Benign.
(c) Amicable.
(d) Conversational.

4. What is the girl's last name?
(a) Borgen.
(b) Bernstein.
(c) Benson.
(d) Bloomberg.

5. Christopher is certainly a person that supports which culture?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Nazi.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) Country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally ends the trouble relationship between Otto and Peter?

2. How does Bernard really die?

3. Why does Peter plan to go to see a doctor once he returns home?

4. What is Christopher's attitude toward Fraulein Schroeder?

5. Who does the daughter marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christopher describe Bernard? How does he compare to Natalia?

2. What is the overall format of the book? What is one of the main recurring themes?

3. Who are the residents of the boarding house?

4. How does the narrator describe Sally Bowles?

5. What precipitates Sally's move from her residence? Where does she go?

6. What is the phrase the narrator uses to describe himself?

7. What is familiar about the lodgings of the narrator?

8. What is the nature of the relationship between Peter and Otto?

9. What is the purpose of Christopher's trip to Ruegen Island? Where does he stay while on the island?

10. What are Christopher's final thoughts on the events of the past several years?

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