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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 was in the shopping bag of the man who beat up the narrator?

2. What was the subject of a note Eichmann sends to the narrator when they are both in jail?

3. If someone wished to purchase a copy of Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova with color illustrations, how much extra would it cost?

4. What does Wirtanen think the Russians would do to get the narrator to cooperate?

5. What is George Kraft frantically searching for when he returns to the narrator's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plot of "The Goblet"?

2. When the narrator returns to his ransacked attic home, what does it remind him of?

3. How did the narrator meet Werner von Braun and what detail does he recall from that meeting?

4. Summarize the key points of the narrator's radio address that was played at the Iron Guard meeting.

5. What does Frank Wirtanen say will happen to Jones, Keeley, the Black Fuehrer, and the Iron Guardsmen after the raid?

6. Describe Lazlo Szombathy, the man who uses the rope intended for the narrator. What had he done in his native country and after coming to America?

7. Describe the narrator's surroundings when he regains consciousness after being beaten.

8. Where does Helga say she found the collection of the narrator's works? What is the significance of this place?

9. Describe the offensive drawing that Kraft uses for target practice. Why does the narrator say he drew the "ludicrous" cartoon, and what does he himself think about it?

10. How does Resi Noth die and what is the reason?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the process Howard Campbell goes through from hiding from prosecution to wanting to face punishment for his crimes.

Essay Topic 2

A friend of yours is considering reading Mother Night and wants your opinion. Write your friend a letter telling him or her what you think of the novel. Do you think it's a good novel or a waste of time? Discuss reasons for your opinions.

Essay Topic 3

The novel seems to present most Nazis as being sane and rational, but presents the members and friends of Lionel Jones' hate group as being irrational and paranoid. Discuss why members of the two groups receive different treatment in the novel. Be sure to consider the narrator's role in the story.

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