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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. How does the narrator feel about Irene?
2. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?
3. What does the narrator think Tod Friendly does in church?
4. What does John Young tell the Reverend Kreditor when they meet?
5. How does the narrator feel about eating?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the underground system for taking care of Nazis.
2. What is the narrator's relationship with Irene?
3. What is Tod's relationship with the narrator?
4. When is Tod Friendly/John Young happy?
5. How does the narrator feel about John Young's work?
6. Is there any place where the narrator's understanding is more accurate than Tod Friendly's?
7. Describe how the narrator feels about Tod Friendly's work?
8. What does the narrator think about Tod Friendly's dreams and memories?
9. Why does Tod Friendly enjoy being part of a crowd?
10. Describe some cases in which characters are wistful about the past.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Odilo Unverdorben immigrates to America to flee from his past.
1. What about America is attractive to him as a Nazi fugitive? Citing examples from the text as well as from your knowledge of American culture, describe the qualities that make America an attractive destination for Odilo. How does this compare or contrast with how we typically think of America? Is America a land of opportunity for Odilo as well?
2. If Odilo does not find contentment and forgiveness in the end, is this, to some extent, because he lives in America? Should America have been able to redeem him? Should America have brought him to justice?
Essay Topic 2
Babies are a recurring image in Time's Arrow. Cite three instances where babies appear and describe their significance in the context where they occur; then describe their symbolic significance. What qualities do they represent in Odilo's life? In the narrator's? In the other characters?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the characters of Odilo Unverdorben and the narrator. How are their experiences similar? How are their experiences different? Is one happier than the other, or is one a better person than the other?
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