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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Michael in Chapter 1 of Part 3, what type of love are we not responsible for?
(a) The love of a woman.
(b) The love of life.
(c) The love of our parents.
(d) The love of our siblings.

2. What is Michael's wife's name?
(a) Gertrud.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sara.

3. What does Michael feel upon reading the note?
(a) Joy and jubilation.
(b) Heartsickness.
(c) Profound sadness.
(d) Supreme anger.

4. Why does Michael make the decision about the story of him and Hanna?
(a) In order to let Hanna know he loves her.
(b) In order to be free.
(c) Because he is responsible.
(d) Because he is guilty.

5. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what does Michael deem "the most grotesque oversimplification of all"?
(a) Prosecuting.
(b) Defending.
(c) Becoming a doctor.
(d) Judging.

6. What does Michael say that illiteracy is?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Dependence.

7. What does Michael never do on the recordings?
(a) Read in English.
(b) Read in French.
(c) Name the title of a book.
(d) Make personal comments or address anyone.

8. What is the first thing Michael notices about Hanna when he sees her in Part 3, Chapter 8?
(a) She has never looked so small.
(b) She looks exactly the same.
(c) She looks like his mother.
(d) She has aged and gained weight.

9. What is Hanna's sentence?
(a) Execution.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) She is acquitted of all charges.
(d) 25 years in prison.

10. In Part 3, Chapter 1, where does Michael move during the summer after the trial?
(a) Into his parents house.
(b) France.
(c) Into the hospital.
(d) Into a rented room.

11. What does the prison warden show Michael when he visits the prison after learning Hanna has died?
(a) The prison hospital.
(b) Hanna's letter to him.
(c) Hanna's medical record.
(d) Hanna's cell.

12. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 16, what does Michael say he couldn't "make himself do"?
(a) Talk to his father.
(b) Visit Hanna.
(c) Visit Sophie.
(d) Talk to the judge.

13. Where does "the daughter" live?
(a) Near the Capitol Building.
(b) On a street near Central Park.
(c) At a vineyard in France.
(d) In a small apartment in Berlin.

14. How does Hanna die?
(a) She dies of fever.
(b) She dies of a heart attack.
(c) She cuts her wrists.
(d) She hangs herself.

15. How long does it take to read the verdict?
(a) Several hours.
(b) One day.
(c) A half hour.
(d) One hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael keep in the notebook?

2. From whom does Michael receive a letter in Chapter 7?

3. What happens to the Michael's professor who gives the concentration camp seminar?

4. What is Michael doing when he gets married?

5. How much money does Hanna leave for Michael to handle?

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