12th Grade Short Stories The Prussian Officer

Who wrote the Prussian Officer?

• D.L. Hughley

• D.H. Lawrence

• Lawrence Wasserman

• Mary Shelley

Who is the officer in this story?

• A former Prussian aristocrat

• A former German soldier

• An officer who defected from England

• An American in Paris

Who does the officer treat the worst in this story?

• His ex-wife

• The children he never goes to see

• His orderly

• His boss

When does this story take place?

• Present times

• During World War One

• During World War Two

• In the War of 1812

Where does this story take place?

• America

• England

• The pyramids of Egypt

• The Bavarian Valley

Choose a word(s) to describe the tone of this story.

• Happy / thoughtful

• Light hearted

• Gloomy/dark

• Comedic

How does the officer die?

• Heart attack

• He was killed by the orderly

• He was killed by his ex wife

• Infection

Who is the other person who dies in this story?

• The officer's girlfriend

• The spy from the other side

• The officer's boss

• The orderly

Where are the two bodies put at the end of the story?

• They are buried at opposite ends of the field

• They are placed side by side

• They are shipped back to their hometowns

• They are left where they were found

What might be considered a lesson from this story?

• The sun will come out tomorrow

• Don't rain on someone's parade

• People are all equal in death

• Love conquers all