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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 Bertrand question in Part Three, Chapter LXXII?

2. Where does Hanna's husband say he spent half the night?

3. In Part Three, Chapter XXXIX, what does Dr. Kuhlenbeck say doctors are?

4. How does Joachim view the dancing?

5. What does Jaretzki say the doctor has done to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which major writes an article for the newspaper after Huguenau purchases it, and how does the author use religion in his article?

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

3. How do Godicke and Samwauld become friends?

4. How does the author compare a criminal to an honest citizen?

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

6. What do the doctors and Joachim disagree over in Part Three, Chapter XXXIX?

7. How does Huguenau try to stop Joachim from taking walks with August?

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

9. What does the play in Part Three, Chapter LVIV indicate about the relationship between Joachim, August, and Huguenau?

10. How does Huguenau begin to feel about the newspaper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast August's personality in Part 3 with his personality in Part 2.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The knife throwing act affects August deeply, and he doesn't see it as mere entertainment. How does August feel after seeing the knife throwing act, what does the knife throwing symbolize for him, and why does it affect him so deeply?

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