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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 223 through 273..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ilona tell Hofmiller he needs to be nice to Edith?
(a) He will miss her while she's away at the sanitarium.
(b) She always hates herself after she throws a tantrum.
(c) She doesn't have long to live.
(d) They have to appease her to keep her from having more outbursts.

2. Why does Hofmiller tell Kekesfalva about the promising new treatment Dr. Condor mentioned?
(a) Kekesfalva had read about the treatment in the newspaper and wants to know if Dr. Condor has looked into it.
(b) Kekesfalva says Dr. Condor had mentioned it previously and now he wants more details.
(c) He feels pity for Kekesfalva and knows he will not be satisfied unless Hofmiller gives him some promising news.
(d) Hofmiller hopes to take credit for finding out about the treatment if it proves effective for Edith.

3. How did Kekesfalva acquire the first part of his fortune?
(a) His father died and left him a very large inheritance.
(b) He won the European lottery.
(c) He became an insurance agent, then began providing essentially any kind of service people needed or wanted.
(d) He moved to India and worked in the coffee industry.

4. Why did Princess Orosvar cut her relatives out of her will?
(a) She disagreed with their political views.
(b) She disowned them after marrying into another family.
(c) She learned that she had been adopted and they were not related to her by blood.
(d) She learned that while she had been seriously ill, they had fought among themselves about who would get what portions of her estate as they waited for her to die.

5. In the introduction, Zweig says his depiction of Kekesfalva's early life and the discrimination he felt is based on what?
(a) It is based on the experiences of characters in his favorite novels.
(b) It is based on his own experience.
(c) It is based on his parents' experience.
(d) It is based on the experience of Eastern Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hofmiller admit is his greatest fear in this situation with Edith?

2. Why does Hofmiller think it might benefit Edith to continue believing the lie about the new cure?

3. What is awaiting Hofmiller when he returns to his barracks after his trip with the Kekesfalvas?

4. While riding a train one night, Kekesfalva overheard a conversation about Princess Orosvar. What had her lifestyle been like during the last years of her life?

5. What did Orosvar's relatives promise Dietzenhof to get her to sign everything except the Kekesfalva estate over to them?

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