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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 died on November 21, 1916?
(a) Franz Josef.
(b) Franz Ferdinand.
(c) King George II.
(d) Vladimir Lenin.

2. What is the nationality of the man who assassinates the Archduke?
(a) Croatian.
(b) Bulgarian.
(c) Serbian.
(d) Bosnian.

3. Which of the following phrases were printed in the Japanese-English Conversation Manual?
(a) Thank you, awfully.
(b) Looky here.
(c) Blimely, where are we?
(d) Give my love to the queen.

4. What famous writer said a library was an act of faith?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Franz Kafka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Viktor live in England?

2. Which country promises to support Austria against the Serbs?

3. Who dies on October 12, 1938?

4. What do the Austrian people boycott on April 23?

5. What was the name of the Japanese religion implicated in the rise of nationalism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Japanese company Sony develop?

2. Describe Emmy's relationship with her children.

3. Why were the netsuke so important to the children?

4. Why are Joseph Roth's novels so interesting to Edmund?

5. How did the First World War start?

6. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

7. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

8. How did Vienna change during the war?

9. Why did Iggy like Japan?

10. Why was Iggy happy to settle down in Tokyo?

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