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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 does Marguerite tell Huguenau they can do when they have enough money?
(a) Live like the aristocrats.
(b) Go away together.
(c) Buy a restaurant.
(d) Buy a winery.

2. Whom has Joachim's family chosen to be his future bride?
(a) Ruzena.
(b) Esme.
(c) Emeralla.
(d) Elisabeth.

3. Who is Bertrand?
(a) A former military man.
(b) A former actor.
(c) A former estate owner.
(d) A former butler.

4. How does Joachim feel about Ruzena's theater career?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy for her.
(d) Jealous.

5. Who is Mother Hentjen?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A baroness.
(c) A restaurant owner.
(d) August's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bertrand in Part Two, Chapter IV?

2. Why does August wish to expose Bertrand?

3. For what country is Huguenau fighting in the war?

4. How are businessmen seen in Part Three of the book?

5. In Part Three, Chapter XVII, whom does Hanna realize she still has strong feelings for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hanna's state of mind in Part Three?

2. How do people regard business in Part Three, Chapter I - VII and how are businessmen perceived?

3. Why was Joachim being sent to military school early?

4. How did Joachim meet Ruzena?

5. When does Bertrand tell Elisabeth that he loves her for the first time, and why are the two together?

6. Why does August visit homosexual haunts?

7. What is Hanna's marriage compared with?

8. Whom gives August insight into Bertrand's sexuality and how does that person feel about Bertrand?

9. How did Ruzena and Joachim feel about each other and why were these feelings difficult?

10. Why does Ruzena shoot Bertrand?

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