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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 letter is written on the pennant of the Mercedes limousine?

2. What is the Führer's favorite operetta?

3. What do the stairs of Xavier's apartment smell of?

4. How did Xavier's mother die?

5. What had Buhler had for lunch the day he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Willi Stiefel agree to work with Max and Xavier?

2. What led Jost to finding Buhler's corpse?

3. What role in the art-smuggling ring did Stuckart play?

4. What was Rudi Halder's professional career?

5. How was Stuckart and Maria Dymarski said to have died?

6. Why had Nebe blocked the court-martial proceedings against Xavier?

7. What does Xavier learn from Frau Trinkl?

8. Describe Xavier's uniform.

9. How has the Unter den Linden changed since 1936 in the novel?

10. What is the hierarchy of cars used by the security forces of the Reich?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does Harris represent both American and German cultures in his novels? What way could these representations be called problematic?

Essay Topic 3

From your own knowledge of the Second World War, do you find Harris' storyline plausible? What are the potential faults in his alternate history? Are there any significant changes that you would make?

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