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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. Where does Zdenka dance for Hana in "Confession"?

2. On a cold day in what month do bomb sirens begin to sound in "Lanik"?

3. What word in Nazi doctrine refers to a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic stock?

4. Where is the seat of federal authorities in Switzerland?

5. While Hana believes she has fallen in love many times in her life, she knows her main loves were _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is metaphorical about the story told in "Ondine"? How does this myth relate to Tomas?

2. What does Liesel dream about in "Dissolution"? What letter does she receive?

3. What is the meeting like between Zdenka and Hana in "Confession"? What does Hana warn Zdenka of in this chapter?

4. How did Tomas meet Zdenka? How is her character described in "Tomas"?

5. What takes place in the line outside the train in "Ocean"?

6. Describe the encounter between Stahl and Hana in "Encounter." What strikes Stahl about Hana?

7. Describe the photographs Hana shows Zdenka in "Confession." What does Hana confess in this chapter?

8. Where is the Landauer family in the chapter titled "Exile"? What does Liesel begin to notice in this chapter?

9. Who is taken off the train in "Ocean"? What does Viktor do to try to assuage the situation?

10. What causes panic at the Landauer House in "Protektor"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the evolution of Hana and Stahl's relationship and the symbolism and metaphor surrounding it. How is Stahl dangerous to Hana?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the modernist movement in architecture and the impact of Mies van der Rohe in that movement. What are common elements of this style and approach?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of the beginning of the novel and the background of the central characters. Where is Vienna in relation to Czechoslovakia and the Landauers' home?

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