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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. What political party was Designori's father a member of?

2. What does Designori say he has a love-hate relationship with?

3. What is the poem Alphabets about?

4. What cause did Designori begin to have doubts about?

5. Where is Knecht requested to appear in person?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Knecht criticize the Order?

2. What condition does Knecht find his old Music Master in when he visits him in Montepart?

3. Why does the current deputy find his work difficult?

4. What does Knecht want as the next theme for the Games?

5. How does Alexander arrange for Knecht to leave the Order?

6. What opinions does Knecht hold about the Games and how they should be run?

7. Why is the position of deputy a dead end position?

8. What does Knecht say is a danger to the Order?

9. What is the Rainmaker about?

10. What problems does Designori have with Knecht?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Knecht and Designori.

1) How are their ideas about life different and how did they form their individual ideas?

2) How do help each other despite their differences?

Essay Topic 2

What are Knecht's criticisms of the Order? Why has Knecht questioned the Order more than other members have?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think Knecht would have coped with the real world had he survived? What meaning does Knecht's death give the novel?

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