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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. In Part Three, Chapter XVIII, who are the narrator's roommates?

2. What does Hanna do for a living?

3. Why does Bertrand say he has to leave Stolphin?

4. Who is Ruzena?

5. Where does August fantasize about moving to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is August sacked from his job?

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

3. What happens on Joachim and Elisabeth's wedding night?

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

5. Why does Ruzena shoot Bertrand?

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

7. What does Elisabeth hope will happen when she visits Bertrand in the hospital?

8. Why does August visit homosexual haunts?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define a sleepwalker as identified in the book. Consider what makes one a sleepwalker, what may wake a person from sleepwalking, and whether sleepwalking is comfortable.

Essay Topic 2

Compare/contrast Mother Hentjen's feelings and treatment towards her customers verses her feelings and treatment toward her employees.

Essay Topic 3

A decision Joachim makes leads to the death of his horse. What is the significance of the death of Joachim's horse in the story, and what does the horse's death reveal about Joachim?

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