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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 are the men called who are emaciated and close to dying?

2. Whom was Natalie chasing after when she met and married Byron?

3. What is the main title of the Von Roon document that Pug Henry translates?

4. Sacerdote tells Aaron and Natalie that the doctor who has treated Louis is whom?

5. What did von Roon say was the key to the Axis upset victory in "The Japanese Surge" section of World Holocaust?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Pam write in her letter to Pug during her stay in California?

4. How does Dr. Beck respond when the SS official asks him about the Italian Jews?

5. What was the Doolittle Raid and why was it pivotal in the outcome in the war?

6. What is the history between Byron and Natalie?

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

8. What concern about the Castelnuovo family does Natalie express to Rabinovitz?

9. Why does Selma Ascher catch the eye of Leslie Slote at a function in Bern?

10. What is Aaron Jastrow's reaction when Mose Sacerdote tells him it was Dr. Beck who arranged for him and Natalie to be detained in Italy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are the characters of Rhoda and Pam the antithesis of each other? What seems to motivate each woman's relationship with Pug?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how even in the midst of war, love affairs dominate the hearts and minds of many of the characters. Do books and movies excessively romanticize this time period or are the portrayals of love triangles and such probably accurate?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the final thoughts Wouk leaves the reader with after the long journey through World War II.

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