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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character ends up going to jail?

2. It is suggested that Bradshaw would benefit greatly from establishing a friendship with which character?

3. Bradshaw finally manages to get information from which of the characters?

4. What item does Mr. Norris keep in very good shape?

5. Who gave all of this information to Bradshaw?

Short Essay Questions

1. What precipitates the meeting between Bradshaw and Piet? Where does it occur?

2. What are Bradshaw's suspicions about the Switzerland trip? Are they valid suspicions?

3. What was it that made the Baron so upset in regards to Norris?

4. What does Bradshaw make of the event? What does he think about Norris?

5. What information was contained in Norris' last postcard to Bradshaw?

6. How do Bradshaw and Norris part company at the end of the trip?

7. Describe the situation between Norris and Bradshaw after the confrontation. Where did the men go together?

8. What events take place in New Year's Eve? Who is present at the party?

9. What is the first piece of information given to Bradshaw regarding Norris' true identity?

10. In addition to watching all the activity around him, what mystery does Bradshaw attempt to solve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of A Berlin Diary, Isherwood refers to himself as a camera. Isherwood says, "I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Why do you think Isherwood used the camera as a metaphor? Why would Isherwood want to record everything around him yet not think about or analyze it? What other references are made to the camera throughout the text? What other metaphors might have worked as well or better?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast William Bradshaw, narrator of "The Last of Mr. Norris" and his alter-ego, author Christopher Isherwood. Why does Isherwood use an alter-ego to narrate the first book and then choose to narrate the second as himself?

Essay Topic 3

Bradshaw talks about the persecution of the Jews at the hand of Hitler and the SS. Aside from the horror of the deaths, Bradshaw cannot help but think of his friends that are Jewish. Bradshaw wonders which have been tortured and which are dead. How would you feel in Bradshaw's shoes? Is there anything Bradshaw could have done to protect his friends? Does Bradshaw ever find out what happened to Rudi and the others?

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