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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. What is the large room that Karl sees over the balustrade?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A chapel.
(c) The foyer.
(d) A ballroom.

2. When Karl returns to Delamarche and Robinson after getting food at the hotel, what causes him to decide to separate from them and sleep in the hotel?
(a) Their attitude about the food he has brought back.
(b) Their request to hold onto his money for him.
(c) They have moved to another location without telling him.
(d) They have rifled through his trunk.

3. What surprises Delamarche and Robinson about Karl's time in New York?
(a) He did not meet any native New Yorkers.
(b) He saw almost nothing of the city.
(c) He learned very little English.
(d) He did not find himself a girlfriend.

4. What prevents Karl from escaping when he is sent inside to prepare Brunelda's bed for the night?
(a) Delamarche goes inside and keep watch.
(b) The apartment door is locked.
(c) Robinson is asleep in front of the door.
(d) Karl does not know how to get out of the building.

5. From context clues, what can logically be inferred about what Brunelda's neighbor is studying?
(a) He is studying engineering.
(b) He is studying law.
(c) He is studying business.
(d) He is studying medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Karl eating at the end of Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel"?

2. What information do Karl's first remarks to Delamarche and Robinson unintentionally give away?

3. What does Karl decide is the way to satisfy Brunelda and Delamarche?

4. What lie does Robinson tell the police officer?

5. When Delamarche appears on the street to find out what is happening with the hired car, what is he wearing?

(see the answer key)

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