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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter IV, "The March to Ramses," and Chapter V, "At the Occidental Hotel".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?
(a) The attendant came to fetch him.
(b) A passenger called "Butterbaum" told him.
(c) One of the women from the kitchen told him.
(d) He was passing by the office and heard the stoker yelling.

2. What does the word "Occidental" mean?
(a) Of foreign origin, exotic.
(b) Having to do with the West.
(c) Containing sharp ridges.
(d) An irregular, eight-sided shape.

3. By the time dinner is over, how does Karl feel about Klara?
(a) He thinks she is more cunning and capable than she pretends.
(b) He thinks she has good manners but a bad heart.
(c) He thinks she is beautiful, but he has no interest in her.
(d) He thinks she is being taken advantage of by the men in her life.

4. What makes Karl uncomfortable about the building his uncle lives in?
(a) The other tenants.
(b) The way sound echoes.
(c) All of the large windows.
(d) It is made of steel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What articles of Pollunder's clothing fascinate Karl?

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

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

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

5. What does Klara say she would like Karl to do for her?

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