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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. Leslie Slote says the secret documents are worthless unless they can be ____________.

2. What is the name of Pug's commander?

3. What small battle does von Roon say was a decisive moment for the war against Japan?

4. Where is Byron attending submarine attack school?

5. Pam tells Rhoda that the last time she saw Warren he seemed _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Byron and Natalie finally reunited in Marseilles?

2. When does Aaron Jastrow finally come to the realization that Natalie was right to distrust Dr. Beck?

3. Why is Natalie advised not to leave France immediately with Byron?

4. Where is Natalie Henry as War and Remembrance opens?

5. How does Von Roon describe Hitler?

6. Why does Aaron Jastrow decide he must go to America with Natalie?

7. What effect does hearing Pam's voice included on a broadcast with Talky have on Pug?

8. How does Pug end up headed back to Washington after losing the Northampton?

9. What does Roon note in his document was the difference between the desires of the president and that of the American people?

10. Why does Byron decide not to trust Luke Babbage with information about Natalie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Our little earth contains traces of the primordial ash of creation, powerful in handful sizes to wipe us all out: and human nature contains traces of savagery, persisting in advanced society, which can use the stuff to wipe us out." Discuss what Wouk means by this statement in the last chapter.

Essay Topic 2

What does the character of Byron, an American married to an Auschwitz survivor, represent in the novel? What does Louis represent as the son of these two?

Essay Topic 3

Was the reunion of Byron and Natalie satisfying to the reader? Why or why not? Why do you think Wouk depicted it this way?

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