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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. Fraulein Mayr belongs to which organization?
2. Who visits with Christopher?
3. In what month is Section 5 set?
4. Who does the daughter marry?
5. What does Fraulein Mayr do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. What becomes of Fraulein Schroeder?
2. What happens to Bernard at the end of the story? What does it really mean?
3. Who is Clive? What is the relationship between Sally, Christopher and Clive?
4. How does Christopher describe Bernard? How does he compare to Natalia?
5. What are Christopher's final thoughts on the events of the past several years?
6. How does the narrator describe Sally Bowles?
7. How does Christopher end up living with Otto and his mother, Frau Nowak? Describe the atmosphere.
8. When do the events in Section five take place? What is the basis of the vignette?
9. Who are the residents of the boarding house?
10. Peter shows several instances of mental illness. Describe the illness and what Peter has chosen to do about it.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In "The Last of Mr. Norris" Sally and Bradshaw are promised the world by Clive. Clive spoke of Hollywood and of all the wonderful things he could offer them. Discuss Clive and his promises. Do you think any of what Clive was saying was true? Why would he make such promises to Sally and Bradshaw? What happened to Clive? Did any of the promises ever come to fruition? Did Sally ever find anyone to properly finance her blossoming career?
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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