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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. Who is Ruzena?

2. What does August stop doing after he recovers financially?

3. What does August say about Marguerite's father?

4. How does Huguenau try to get the newspaper business?

5. In Part Two, Chapter I, where does August live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ruzena shoot Bertrand?

2. How did Ruzena and Joachim feel about each other and why were these feelings difficult?

3. What is Hanna's state of mind in Part Three?

4. Whom gives August insight into Bertrand's sexuality and how does that person feel about Bertrand?

5. How does Huguenau become a deserter and does he fear capture?

6. Why does August cease his efforts to promote women's wrestling and stop planning to go to America?

7. How do people regard business in Part Three, Chapter I - VII and how are businessmen perceived?

8. Why was Joachim being sent to military school early?

9. What is Hanna's marriage compared with?

10. How did Joachim meet Ruzena?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When August loses his job, what is he most upset about? What does this tell readers about his character?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast how Joachin sees Elisabeth and Ruzina as love interests. Who does he prefer and why?

Essay Topic 3

The knife throwing act affects August deeply, and he doesn't see it as mere entertainment. How does August feel after seeing the knife throwing act, what does the knife throwing symbolize for him, and why does it affect him so deeply?

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