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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 do the doctors at the hospital feel they are doing with the patients?

2. What treatment did the doctor administer to Joachim's father?

3. While in Manheim, from whom does August rent a room?

4. What does Jaretzki predict will happen with the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does August have sex with after his confrontation with Bertrand, and does he love that person?

2. What does Huguenau tell Marguerite they will do once they are rich?

3. What does August choose to do when he decides to become involved with promoting women's wrestling?

4. What is Hanna's marriage compared with?

5. Why does Ruzena shoot Bertrand?

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

7. Why does August cease his efforts to promote women's wrestling and stop planning to go to America?

8. How does Huguenau behave with the townspeople?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

August coerces his superior to provide a reference for him in the hopes of landing a new job. Describe how August obtains the reference, how he feels about the methods he uses, and what this methods reveal about his character.

Essay Topic 2

August and Mother become lovers. Compare and contrast August and Mother Hentjen's personalities and goals. Do they make a good couple? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Joachim still desire Ruzena after finding her with another man? Does he still love her? Is his self-esteem low?

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