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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comforts Liesel when she becomes upset thinking of her brother in "Conception"?
(a) Rainer.
(b) Hana.
(c) Viktor.
(d) Lanik.

2. In "Construction," Liesel and Viktor's architect describes wanting to build a house that does what?
(a) Floats on water.
(b) Floats on air.
(c) Represents freedom.
(d) Stands up to the elements.

3. Liesel and Viktor's architect intends to create a stone wall in the great room which he says will be the color of whose hair?
(a) Ottilie's.
(b) Liesel's.
(c) Zdenka's.
(d) Viktor's.

4. What is the name of Hana's husband?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Viktor.
(c) Oskar.
(d) Ottilie.

5. Who attends the Landauers house-warming party and completely basks in all the glory of the house?
(a) Rainer von Abt.
(b) Tomas.
(c) Zdenka.
(d) Ottilie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gossip," Liesel learns that her nanny will leave the family for what reason?

2. As "Anschluss" starts, Viktor listens to the radio and discovers that what country has been taken over by the Germans?

3. In "Anschluss," Viktor suggests to Liesel that they do what in order to help some of the refugees flooding into Czechoslovakia?

4. What is the name of the woman with whom Viktor begins having an affair in "Onyx"?

5. Where are Liesel and Viktor from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the outline of the house in "Gestation." What elements of the house are nontraditional?

2. What does Liesel read about the house in "Happy Families"?

3. What emotional conflict does Hana face in "Memories"? Who consoles her?

4. Why is the Landauers' nanny leaving in "Gossip"? Whom does Liesel suggest as a replacement?

5. Discuss the sexual motifs in "Ecstasy." Whom does Hana develop feelings for in this chapter?

6. What do Liesel and Viktor ask the architect to build in "Commitment"? What is his response?

7. How does Viktor compare the two world wars in "Robots"?

8. What is foreshadowed about the house in "Completion"?

9. How is the onyx wall proposed in "Onyx"? What are the differences in Liesel and Viktor's feelings about the house?

10. What does Viktor give a speech about in "Housewarming"? What metaphor does he employ?

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