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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. To which of the following is Rudolph sent?

2. In what apartment does Volker live?

3. In what year does Germany annex Austria?

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

5. In what year is Camille born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occasions the rumors that trouble Rudolph as the novel begins?

2. For what reason does Frank volunteer for the Magnolia Project?

3. What reasons does Samuel give for avoiding intimate liaisons with students?

4. For what reasons is Samuel exempted from military service?

5. For what reason does Samuel express preference for violin over piano?

6. For what reason had Peter been arrested?

7. Why is Rudolph’s assistant surprised that he closes his office early?

8. For what reason was Leticia’s first marriage legally invalid?

9. How does Rudolph attempt to ease the sense of foreboding he feels at the beginning of the novel?

10. How does Nadine introduce herself to Samuel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early on, the comment is made that “the crowd’s raw, savage energy was contagious and even exhilarating,” such that a character “had to reject the impulse to transform into a monster, to destroy, burn, and shout till he had no air left in his lungs” (20). What does the comment indicate about mass action? Do the novel and experience confirm the indication? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of The Wind Knows My Name? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Allende’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

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