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

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

3. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?
(a) Schubal is rumored to favor Slovaks and Romanians.
(b) Schubal is becoming too independent.
(c) Schubal needs to learn to speak better German.
(d) Schubal is often missing from his station.

4. What is the first thing Green discusses with the group during dinner at the Pollunder house?
(a) His opinion that Jakob wastes a great deal of money on Karl.
(b) How surprising it is that Jakob allowed Karl to visit.
(c) His dislike of Karl's table manners and general knowledge of American etiquette.
(d) How inconvenient it is to have had to come all the way out to the country.

5. What kind of business does Jakob own?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Marketing and sales.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Shipping and consignment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Schubal enters the office, what is he wearing?

3. Why does Pollunder drive down mostly side streets once they reach the suburbs?

4. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?

5. After dinner, what does Karl realize he finds incomprehensible?

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