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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 is the name of the cook who works at the chalet?

2. What service does Axel offer to provide Albert for his trip to the South?

3. What does Axel ask Dorianna at the end of Chapter 23?

4. Axel tells Albert he is leaving France for ___________.

5. In the story Axel tells about his sculptor friend. Where do the sculptor and his wife walk to at the end?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Axel annoy Paul at Albert's building in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Udo say he heard while on the bus?

3. What is Albert's trip to Zurich from France like?

4. What lie does Albert tell Margot at the end of Chapter 24?

5. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?

6. What does Axel tell the cook he hires from the mountain village?

7. What suggestion does Axel make to Albert in Chapter 25?

8. Why was Axel delighted that Margot was a failure on the screen?

9. What story does Axel tell Albert about his sculptor friend?

10. How does Margot feel about her film debut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of deceit. What acts of deceit occur in the novel? Who are deceitful characters? How do they affect the other characters lives? Does truth prevail?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of ambition in the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What is Margot's ambition? What is her plan to achieve her dreams? Is she an ambitious person? What is Albert's ambition?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." Where is the novel set? What time period does the novel take place in? Does this time period affect the plot or characters? What do the places in which the characters live, work, and visit tell the reader about them?

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