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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose answering machine picks up in "Eine Spende"?
(a) John's.
(b) Charlotte's.
(c) Doug's.
(d) Max's.

2. Which of the following does Charlotte's father not threaten to shoot?
(a) SS officers.
(b) His wife.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) His children.

3. For what publication does John Marks write?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) U.S. News & World Report.
(d) The Washington Post.

4. According to Charlotte, what crumbled along with the Berlin wall?
(a) The gay lifestyle.
(b) Hope.
(c) The Third Reich.
(d) The euro.

5. Who shut down the tavern?
(a) The Communist government.
(b) SS soldiers.
(c) City government.
(d) Neighborhood Watch Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a recurring theme in Act 1?

2. Where did Charlotte's aunt live?

3. Why does Doug not take Charlotte's picture?

4. What would happen to Charlotte if she broke her oath?

5. Which of the following disappeared from gay society after the crumble of the Berlin wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the play begin?

2. How is Charlotte spared being recruited into the SS army?

3. How does John approach Doug with Charlotte's story?

4. How is Charlotte described and what is the thing that distinguishes her as a man?

5. What was the Mulack-Ritze?

6. What is the scene entitled "Translating Tante Luise" about?

7. How is Charlotte's gender questioned during the war in the scene entitled "Are You a Boy or a Girl"?

8. Who is Doug and what lengths has he gone to to interview Charlotte?

9. What does Charlotte tell Doug about her childhood?

10. What does the author, Doug Wright, explore in the first five sections of I AM MY OWN WIFE?

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