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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter; The Adlers: Vienna, November 1938; and The Violinist: Vienna, November-December 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which composer’s work is Samuel playing when he first appears in the text?
(a) Berlioz.
(b) Brahms.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

2. In what architectural style is the building in which the Adlers live built?
(a) Art Deco.
(b) Bauhaus.
(c) Art Nouveau.
(d) Rocaille.

3. At what age does Volker’s son die?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

4. In what year was Dollfuss assassinated?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1939.

5. In what year does Germany annex Austria?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which port is Samuel bound after leaving his home in Vienna?

2. With which of the following does the novel begin?

3. At what age does Samuel start playing piano?

4. In what year was the Communist Party outlawed in Austria?

5. From which of the following is one of the novel’s epigraphs taken?

(see the answer key)

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