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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter II, "The Uncle," and Chapter III, "A Country House Outside New York".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Karl's riding companion?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Otto.
(c) Mak.
(d) Josef.

2. Who is the author of Amerika?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Hermann Hesse.
(c) Günter Grass.
(d) Franz Kafka.

3. To what city does Green want to send Karl?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Saint Louis.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

4. How does Karl's mood change during dinner at the Pollunder's house?
(a) His initial bad mood is lightened by Klara's jokes and teasing.
(b) He feels more and more confused and begins to feel as if he is watching a play.
(c) He grows progressively more uncomfortable and distressed.
(d) His pleasure at the fine food and surroundings is broken by Klara's strange mood.

5. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?
(a) He is a baron.
(b) He is an earl.
(c) He is a United States Congressman.
(d) He is a state senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the man with the bamboo stick ask Karl?

2. What is the stoker's job?

3. When Karl imagines that his visit to the Pollunders might become "the turning point in his relationship with his uncle," what techniques are being used (57)?

4. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?

5. What apparently affectionate gesture does Pollunder make toward Karl as they drive?

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