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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 Odilo Unverdorben's wife think about the work Odilo is doing at the camp?
2. What token does Herta give to Odilo Unverdorben while they are courting?
3. Where are the patients stacked neatly?
4. How are the men processed at Auschwitz?
5. What is the motto of the Schless-Hartheim camp?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator's relationship with Herta progress?
2. The narrator and Uncle Pepi both see the work at Auschwitz as 100% successful. How does their agreement, from such different viewpoints, affect the reader?
3. Describe the similarities and differences between Odilo Unverdorben and Uncle Pepi.
4. Name four methods Odilo Unverdorben sees the Germans use to "process" the Jews?
5. Describe Herta's feelings about Auschwitz.
6. Describe the irony of the narrator thinking that Odilo Unverdorben and Herta are taking apart baby furniture and un-sewing baby clothes.
7. Describe the narrator's relationship with Odilo Unverdorben in the years before/after Odilo began to work in the camps.
8. Describe Odilo Unverdorben's work in the Waffen Secret Service.
9. Describe the narrator's relationship with Odilo Unverdorben's father.
10. As Odilo Unverdorben ages, how is the narrator affected by his time at Auschwitz?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the narrator's backwards point of view distort our experience of Odilo Unverdorben's life and actions? How does it help to reveal it? Citing specific examples from the text, describe the effect of the narrator's point of view.
Essay Topic 2
In spite of his emigration and his success in America, Odilo Unverdorben is still tormented by guilt. Cite three cases in which Odilo does something in order to alleviate his guilt.
1. How does guilt operate on him? How can you describe the nature of guilt? How does it work? When does his guilt begin?
2. Is Odilo successful at mitigating his guilt? Does his guilt end? If so, when?
3. Does Odilo ever inflict on himself the same acts of cruelty that he inflicted on other people?
Essay Topic 3
The narrator and Odilo Unverdorben are both characters in the author's narration. Does the author ever indicate his support of one or the other? Whose side does the author seem to be on? Cite specific instances from the text where the narration or the irony give you insight into the author's own point of view. How would you characterize the author's beliefs or feelings? How does the author's perspective differ from the narrator's or Odilo's?
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