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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 makes it so difficult for Karl to get a meal for himself and his companions at the Occidental Hotel?
(a) It is a large hotel with a confusing layout.
(b) It is overwhelmingly crowded.
(c) He cannot find his money.
(d) He is mistaken for waitstaff.

2. When asked by the head cook, what age does Karl claim to be?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

3. When Robinson appears at the hotel, what does Karl see sticking out of Robinson's pocket?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A letter.
(c) A brandy bottle.
(d) A knife.

4. What does Robinson say prevented him and Delamarche from finding work after Karl left them outside the Occidental Hotel?
(a) Robinson was drinking a great deal.
(b) Robinson began to feel very ill.
(c) Delamarche has a criminal record.
(d) Delamarche was not really interested in working.

5. At the hotel, what does Robinson blame his illness on?
(a) Drinking too much.
(b) The polluted city air.
(c) Overly fancy food.
(d) The journey from Bunelda's place.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Karl feel he is being treated like during dinner at the Pollunder house?

3. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?

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

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

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