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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 Huguenau decide to do with his life after he deserts the military?
(a) Return to his family.
(b) Get married.
(c) Impersonate a doctor.
(d) Go into business.

2. What career did Godicke have before he was injured?
(a) He was a bricklayer.
(b) He was a minister.
(c) He was a businessman.
(d) He was a teacher.

3. What does August say he is thinking of doing with Marguerite?
(a) Raising her as a boy.
(b) Sending her to an orphanage.
(c) Sending her back to her father.
(d) Adopting her.

4. In Part Three, Chapter XVIII, who are the narrator's roommates?
(a) Fallen aristocrats.
(b) Shady businessmen.
(c) German Christians.
(d) German Jews.

5. How many siblings does Joachim have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three, Chapter XII, what does the author state sways men to hatred?

2. Where does August fantasize about moving to?

3. What uncomfortable condition does Hanna suffer from frequently?

4. Who hires August?

5. What is the name of the young girl in whom Huguenau takes an interest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hanna's marriage compared with?

2. Why is Huguenau able to hide among the Belgians, who are normally suspicious in nature?

3. What happens when Joachim's father hears that Bertrand must go away on business?

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

5. What does August dislike about his current job as a newspaper editor?

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

7. Why does Korn call August Herr Brother-in-Law?

8. Why is August sacked from his job?

9. What happened when the narrator in Part Three, Chapter XXVII offered to take Marie to a restaurant?

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

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