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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Karl is in the office and notices that it is a quarter past six, what does he begin to hope will happen?
(a) The head waiter will need to start breakfast service and will quickly send Karl off with a warning.
(b) Therese will wake the head cook and they will find out what is happening to Karl.
(c) Rennel will have time to discover Robinson and get him out of the hotel.
(d) The hotel will start to become busy and the porter will have to leave the office.

2. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?
(a) Klara's.
(b) Green's.
(c) Jakob's.
(d) Mack's.

3. What compliment does Karl offer Therese about her job?
(a) She is good at predicting the cook's moods.
(b) She is good at running errands.
(c) She is good at typing.
(d) She is good at waking people up.

4. Why is the landlady so reluctant to give Karl and Robinson breakfast to take back to the apartment?
(a) Delamarche is frequently critical of her food.
(b) Brunelda has not paid her rent for several months.
(c) It is late afternoon when they come to ask for it.
(d) She is concerned they will spill the tray in the corridor.

5. What gossip starts to go around the Occidental about Rennel?
(a) He is really the son of the hotel's owner.
(b) He is engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a guest.
(c) He is about to be promoted to the hotel waitstaff.
(d) He is pilfering small items from guests' rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the dinner with Pollunder and Green, what is their treatment of Karl compared to?

2. What is the likely intended purpose of the scene with the coffeepot during the morning at the inn?

3. What do Karl and Klara get into a fight about after dinner?

4. What does it mean that the head waiter has a "choleric" temperament?

5. When Robinson appears at the hotel, what does Karl see sticking out of Robinson's pocket?

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