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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. Where does Frau Nowak go to live?
2. What shocking news does Sally receive?
3. What eventually causes Christopher to leave the island?
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 Bernard really die?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Christopher describe the situation?
2. Peter shows several instances of mental illness. Describe the illness and what Peter has chosen to do about it.
3. What is the purpose of Christopher's trip to Ruegen Island? Where does he stay while on the island?
4. With which two family members does Christopher seem to connect with the most?
5. How does the author describe Peter and Otto?
6. How does Christopher describe Bernard? How does he compare to Natalia?
7. What is the subtitle to this section? When and where do the events take place?
8. What becomes of Fraulein Schroeder?
9. What is the overall format of the book? What is one of the main recurring themes?
10. What is the activity shared by Christopher and Fritz. Does the activity confirm any thoughts about Christopher's sexuality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?"
Essay Topic 3
Piet makes the comment that his country should have a leader as strong as Hitler. Piet sees Hitler as a man of ambition and a man without ambition should not exist. Explain what Piet meant by that statement. How was Piet comparing his government to the Nazi regime? What was Bradshaw's reaction? Do you think Piet was correct? Do you consider Hitler to be an ambitious person? Explain.
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