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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 images does Xavier try to fill his mind with?

2. What is behind the steel door in the basement of the Reichsarchiv?

3. Who does Xavier send a box of chocolates to?

4. What does Xavier shout out to Globus as he is being tortured?

5. How does Xavier think it is easy to live one's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Xavier and Charlie find in the deposit box?

2. Why does Xavier's passport confuse the customs official?

3. Why does Pili work with the Gestapo?

4. State one way in which Xavier tries to block the pain of being tortured.

5. How does Xavier try to justify parking in front of the Great Hall?

6. How does Charlie intend to cross the border into Switzerland with the documents?

7. What is Luther's plan?

8. Why does Henry not think that Luther will be granted asylum?

9. Why does Xavier not tell Nebe of the painting in Zurich?

10. What is the arrangement for the deposit box at the Swiss bank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Artur Nebe and Globus.

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas different?

3. How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the main turning points of the book? How does Harris develop his story to get to each turning point? Do you think that Harris successfully builds up the tension in the book to reach the final climax?

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