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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. At the beginning of Chapter 28, what does Albert try to find out?
2. What does Albert decide not to tell Udo about?
3. What does Margot say Axel is in the habit of confiding in her?
4. What is Axel drinking in the restaurant when Margot arrives?
5. What does Axel ask Dorianna at the end of Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Margot feel about her film debut?
2. What lie does Albert tell Margot at the end of Chapter 24?
3. What does Chapter 31 begin with an explanation and description of?
4. What does Albert find different about his vacation with Margot in Rouginard as opposed to their vacation in Solfi?
5. In Chapter 29, what does Udo say he heard while on the bus?
6. How does the author make it clear that Elisabeth senses when Albert's accident occurs?
7. Why does Udo greet Albert with a bit of touchiness when they run into each other for a second time?
8. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?
9. What does Albert come to realize as he lies alone in his hospital bed in Chapter 33?
10. After running into Margot in the street, what does Kaspar think to himself about her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Nabokov's use of suspense in the novel "Laughter in the Dark." When does the author create suspense and why? What effect does suspense have on the tone of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the use of irony in the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What is irony, and what are the three types of irony? Are all three types of irony present in the novel? What are some examples of irony found in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the genre of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What is the genre of the work? What elements are found in this genre and this novel?
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