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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. How does Mother Hentjen seem to feel about most men?

2. What is the name of the narrator in Part Three, Chapter XXVII?

3. Who hires August?

4. What did Joachim's father attempt to write with a broken quill?

5. What rumor does August hear about Bertrand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Joachim feel about the use of gas in war?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is August sacked from his job?

9. How does Huguenau behave with the townspeople?

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

Eventually, August begins to beat Mother Hentjen, and she becomes docile under his brutality. Examine why August beats Mother Hentjen, why she submits to his beatings, and how the beatings change their relationship.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how Joachin sees Elisabeth and Ruzina as love interests. Who does he prefer and why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Korn and Erna. Describe their similarities and differences in personality as well as their relationship with August.

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