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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 is the nationality of the man who assassinates the Archduke?

2. Which of the author's family dies on September 30, 1905?

3. What city does Iggy go to from Paris?

4. Who dies on October 12, 1938?

5. Where is the chest from that the wooden Buddha in Iggy's house sits on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Vienna change during the war?

2. How did Anna save the netsuke?

3. Why does the author think the Japanese are so good with their hands?

4. How did the Japanese company Sony develop?

5. How did Viktor escape Slovakia?

6. What were conditions like in Tokyo in 1947?

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

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

9. How did the First World War start?

10. How did life in Vienna change after Hitler visited the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were there so many Jews in eastern and central Europe? Why were there so few Jewish people in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century/ How did countries such as USA and Britain help the Jews during the Second World War?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the stories and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

How was Hitler able to turn the public against the Jews and other minorities in Germany? What was the environment in Germany that allowed him to create such hatred towards the minorities? What has western Europe done to ensure this won't happen again?

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