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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. What Richard Hannay novel does the author reference in this section?
(a) Kidnapped.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) The Nifle Man.
(d) Thirty Nine Steps.

2. What is the name of the Austrian national anthem?
(a) Schon Tag.
(b) Gott Erhalte.
(c) Gott Liebe Dich.
(d) Menshen, Menschen.

3. What did Tomokazu excel in making?
(a) Book covers.
(b) Origami figures.
(c) Netsuke animal figures.
(d) Clay pots.

4. What does the author hope the netsuke will open for him?
(a) The key to his blocked ideas.
(b) The key to Viennese intellectual life.
(c) The key to who he is.
(d) The key to his family secrets.

5. What do the parks outside the Votivkirche have stenciled on them?
(a) Juden willkommen.
(b) Juden verboten.
(c) Juden sterben.
(d) Juden liebe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the novel, "The Radetzky March"?

2. Which two foreign languages can Emmy speak?

3. Which of the following phrases were printed in the Japanese-English Conversation Manual?

4. Who was appointed the German Chancellor in 1933?

5. What country did Thomas travel to Odessa from by taxi?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Austrian government react to the atrocities of World War Two?

2. How did Anna save the netsuke?

3. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

4. How did the First World War start?

5. Describe Hendrik de Waal.

6. What was Elisabeth's passion as a student?

7. Why does Edmund think Emmy had so many lovers over the years?

8. In what way were conditions worsening at the end of Chapter 23?

9. How does the author describe Emmy and Viktor's three children?

10. How did the Japanese company Sony develop?

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