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Question 11 pts
Which of the following would not help you understand a selection of world literature?
Group of answer choices

geographical knowledge of the story's setting

knowledge of the history of the author's birthplace

research into cultural customs of the story's setting

stereotypes about people from the author's birthplace

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Question 21 pts
What detail gives a clue to the country in which "The Strange-Looking Man" is set?
Group of answer choices

the fact that most of the men had gone to war

the use of the German word "Herr," meaning Mister

the reference to a tiny village in the mountains

the American nationality of the story's author

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Question 31 pts
What is the historical backdrop of the story "The Last Lesson"?
Group of answer choices

the French invasion of Germany

the German invasion of Alsace

the beginning of World War I

the end of World War II

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Question 41 pts
What does the passage from Violetta Thurstan's book tell you about the invasion of Brussels?
Group of answer choices

The Belgians behaved badly toward the German soldiers.

The German army treated the Belgians with great respect.

The invasion had relatively little effect on the city of Brussels.

The invasion was frightening and humiliating for the Belgians.

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Question 51 pts
What was Thurstan's role during the invasion of Brussels?
Group of answer choices

She was a German spy.

She was a supervising nurse.

She was a Belgian citizen.

She was simply an observer.

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Question 61 pts
The authors of "The Strange-Looking Man" and the Field Hospital and Flying column wrote about similar subject matter, but one wrote a short story while the other wrote about her own life experiences. How did the two authors' perspectives on wartime differ?
Group of answer choices

As an American citizen, Fanny Kemble Johnson was closer to the action during World War I.

Only Violetta Thurstan was a direct witness to a foreign invasion during World War I.

Only Fanny Kemble Johnson was a direct witness to a foreign invasion during World War I.

As a British citizen, Violetta Thurstan knew what it was like for her country to be occupied by foreign soldiers.

Answer 1

1. Stereotypes about people from the author's birthplace

2. The use of the German word "Herr," meaning Mister

3. The German invasion of Alsace

4. The invasion was frightening and humiliating for the Belgians

5. She was a supervising nurse

6. Only Violetta Thurstan was a direct witness to a foreign invasion during World War I