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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter I, "The Stoker".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the office, to whom does Karl show his passport?
(a) The attendant.
(b) The American port authorities.
(c) The chief bursar.
(d) The captain.

2. What question does the man with the bamboo stick ask Karl?
(a) Why he is in America.
(b) Whether he has lost a trunk.
(c) What his name is.
(d) Whether he is German.

3. Which word best characterizes the stoker's explanation to the captain of his grievances against Schubal?
(a) Rambling.
(b) Precise.
(c) Startling.
(d) Respectful.

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

5. How does Karl feel when he realizes that the stoker could probably physically overpower everyone in the office?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Amused.
(d) Comforted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?

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

3. Which is the most accurate description of the stoker's room?

4. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?

5. What is the stoker's job?

(see the answer key)

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