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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 does August say is really free?

2. In Part Three, Chapter XXXVII, how is Marie's affair revealed?

3. Joachim receives a secret order. What does it imply?

4. After Josef Settler moves Godicke's bed, what does Godicke do?

5. What does August plead with Joachim for?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Three, Chapter XXX, what is Huguenau's impression of Mother Hentjen?

2. What does Joachim think when he sees Huguenau dancing?

3. When Jaretzki attends the dance sponsored by the Moselle Memorial Association, what does he say about the war?

4. What does Bertrand question in Part Three, Chapter LXXII?

5. Why does Huguenau joke about August going into a monastery?.

6. How does Huguenau feel about Joachim's interest in August?

7. In Part Three, Chapter LXII, what does the essay have to do with the plot and what is it about?

8. How does Hanna feel when she thinks of her husband's war leave?

9. How do Hanna and her husband initially act with each other when he returns from the war?

10. When Hanna thinks about the approaching end of her husband's leave, how does she feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Bertrand and Joachim. Why does Elisabeth prefer Bertrand? What qualities does Bertrand have that Joachim does not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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