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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. Who sends an urgent telegram to Bradshaw?

2. What happened to the Baron?

3. Which character ends up going to jail?

4. The reader learns that there was a confrontation between which two characters?

5. What is the surname of Bradshaw's landlady?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the party planned by Norris and the outcome.

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

3. What happens as the night wears on? Who is involved?

4. Norris leaves Berlin without a word to anyone. Why doesn't Norris explain in a letter?

5. Describe briefly what happened next to Norris.

6. What does Fraulein Schroeder tell Bradshaw?

7. What is the offer made to Bradshaw by the Baron? What happens when Bradshaw receives the offer from the Baron?

8. What is one of the causes that allegedly caused Norris to leave Berlin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bradshaw and Norris meet on a train on their way to Berlin. The train is often used as a mode of transportation in literature. Why do you think the train has such a reputation as a meeting place in literature? Name at least three other stories or books that begin with characters meeting for the first time on a train. Do you think that the characters can get to know each other well in such a short period of time? Would the same story evolve if the characters had met on an airplane or bus? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Bradshaw, Christopher and others were expatriates living in Berlin. What is an expatriate? Have you ever met one? Are you one? Where might you find an expatriate? What are your opinions on expatriates? Write a 500-word essay about becoming an expatriate OR find at least five famous expatriates and write a short bio on each.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Christopher Isherwood's career as a writer, before and after he moved to the United States in 1946. What was Isherwood's original reason for traveling to Berlin? How long did he stay in the country? Where did he go after he left Germany? What other books did Isherwood write? What two plays were inspired by "The Berlin Stories?"

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