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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 eventually causes Christopher to leave the island?
(a) Bad weather.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) Illness.

2. What adjective best describes the daughter?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Happy-go-lucky.
(d) Irreverent.

3. The beginning of "Goodbye to Berlin" begins with a description of which of the following?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Street life.
(c) Berlin.
(d) A beautiful woman.

4. Who does the daughter marry?
(a) French doctor.
(b) English aristocrat.
(c) Spanish lawyer.
(d) Anthropologist.

5. Where does Otto live?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Dusseldorf.
(d) Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the cousin work?

2. What does Christopher usually do during the day?

3. Christopher refers to his series of vignettes as a:

4. When Christopher returns to the Nowak house to find Otto, he learns that the family seems quite content to live without which of the following?

5. How does Christopher describe the food served at the Nowak house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Clive? What is the relationship between Sally, Christopher and Clive?

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

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

4. How does Christopher end up living with Otto and his mother, Frau Nowak? Describe the atmosphere.

5. What is the activity shared by Christopher and Fritz. Does the activity confirm any thoughts about Christopher's sexuality?

6. Who are the residents of the boarding house?

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

8. What becomes of Fraulein Schroeder?

9. What was Christopher's reaction to being flirted with by two of the three ill women at the sanitarium?

10. With which two family members does Christopher seem to connect with the most?

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