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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcel Goldberg, personnel clerk, was open to bribes for doing what?

2. In Jerusalem, Oskar was declared to be what?

3. Schindler went from protecting the Jews like his own children, to. . .

4. Does an actual list of Schindler survivors exist?

5. How many of the Goleszow quarry prisoners arrived at Brinnlitz alive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 16 describes a violent act of resistance by the ZOB and Halutz Youth. They blew up a restaurant, killing several SS men and injuring even more. Some would call that terrorism. Others would call it justified resistance. List at least three methods of resistance that Jewish people employed in response to the German persecution (the Jewish people do not have to have survived their act of resistance for it to count). Describe the acts of resistance, and how effective they were (or not) against the Nazis, both in the short term as well as the long term.

Essay Topic 2

What message do you think Keneally is trying to convey in this novel? The author chose not to write this as a biography of Schindler, and most novels have an underlying theme or message. What did you come away with after reading this book? What do you think Keneally wanted to convey? Are those the same, or do you think you got something a little different out of the book than Keneally intended? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in the novel experienced every kind of emotion possible. Do you think Keneally was simply trying to tell the story of Oskar Schindler with this book, or was he trying to elicit emotions in the reader? State your reasoning, and back it up with specific examples from the book.

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