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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 XII, what does the author state sways men to hatred?

2. Why is August fired from his job?

3. In Part Two, Chapter IV, what do Mother Hentjen and August have a terrible fight over?

4. What is Joachim's brother's name?

5. Whom does Elisabeth love?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Hanna's marriage compared with?

3. How does Huguenau behave with the townspeople?

4. How did Joachim meet Ruzena?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does August visit homosexual haunts?

10. Who is Hanna Wendling and how does she spend her days?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Huguenau become a deserter? Discuss the reasons Huguenau becomes a deserter and what his reasons reveal about his character.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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