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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 uncomfortable condition does Hanna suffer from frequently?

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

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

4. How many siblings does Joachim have?

5. Where is Godicke's badly injured body found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Huguenau become a deserter and does he fear capture?

7. Why does August visit homosexual haunts?

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

9. How does Huguenau behave with the townspeople?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Huguenau's fascination with Marguerite and her appreciation of him.

Essay Topic 2

When August loses his job, what is he most upset about? What does this tell readers about his character?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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