The Sympathizer Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Viet Thanh Nguyen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Sympathizer Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Viet Thanh Nguyen
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the following quote that opens the novel: "Let us not become gloomy as soon as we hear the word 'torture'"?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

2. Where does the narrator wake up in the hospital after the accident on the movie set?
(a) Manila.
(b) New York.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) Saigon.

3. When did Lana come to America to attend college?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1970.

4. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?
(a) Bon's.
(b) Man's.
(c) Claude's.
(d) The General's.

5. Madame exclaims in Chapter 7, "The worst thing about living in America is" what?
(a) "The culture."
(b) "The people."
(c) "The racism."
(d) "The corruption."

6. To whom is the narrator writing his confession in Chapter 2?
(a) To the Commandant.
(b) To the Congressman.
(c) To Bon.
(d) To the General.

7. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

8. What kind of store does the narrator describe the General opening in Chapter 5?
(a) A clothing store.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) A liquor store.
(d) A bakery shop.

9. What film of the Auteur's is described in Chapter 8 as being "about the failure of the American Dream"?
(a) Hard Knock.
(b) Apocalpyse Now.
(c) Venice Beach.
(d) The Thin Red Line.

10. How does the narrator describe having broken the Watchman during interrogation in Chapter 11?
(a) By threatening to falsely reveal the Watchman is gay.
(b) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is communist.
(c) By threatening to reveal that the Watchman is a woman.
(d) By threatening to kill the Watchman's family.

11. What kind of traditional dress does the narrator describe Lana having worn as a girl in Chapter 7?
(a) A cheongsam.
(b) A zhongshan.
(c) A tangzhuang.
(d) An ao dai.

12. What is the name of the older Vietnamese brother in the Auteur's film?
(a) Binh.
(b) Yoon.
(c) Bon.
(d) Lan.

13. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?
(a) Milk.
(b) Sugar water.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Iodine.

14. How many fingers does the narrator describe the General having lost in Chapter 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

15. Where did Madame organize a Tet celebration, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Orange County.
(b) Clark County.
(c) Anderson County.
(d) Lafayette County.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the novel refers to the practice of concealing a message within another message?

2. How tall is Claude described as in Chapter 1?

3. Where is Asia Soo's mother from?

4. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?

5. What does the word "epicurean" mean in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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