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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is announced regarding Emalia at the beginning of Chapter 30?

2. When Oskar returns to Cracow from the Sudetenland, what does he find has happened to two of his barracks?

3. How long was the first leg of the prisoners' journey from Plaszow to Brinnlitz?

4. About what did the SS question Helen Hirsch?

5. Many of the German soldiers and officers who killed the Jews are reported in the book as resorting to what solace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power--or the lack of it--was a matter of life or death in Schindler's List. Hitler had almost complete control over Germany, of course. What types of power were exhibited in the novel? Did power shift during the course of the story? If so, from what person or group to which person or group?

Essay Topic 2

No novel can succeed without conflict. Many writers and writing teachers believe there are five basic kinds of conflict: man vs. man (or person vs. person), man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. the supernatural. Some also believe in a sixth type of conflict, man vs. technology. What types of conflict have you observed in this novel? Be sure to give at least one specific example for each type that you list.

Essay Topic 3

Identify at least three traits of Oskar Schindler's personality and then detail how they affected the story. What difference did these traits make in the decision he made? Did Keneally's description of Oskar and his actions always seem true to these traits? If not, where did it seem to diverge?

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