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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. What is one of the stoker's chief complaints about Schubal?
(a) Schubal is a Roman Catholic.
(b) Schubal drinks on the job.
(c) Schubal has a criminal record.
(d) Schubal is Romanian.

2. What do Delamarche and Robinson both say their profession is?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Locksmith.
(c) Dockworker.
(d) Truck driver.

3. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?
(a) The captain's sword.
(b) The window.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A notebook.

4. What book does Karl's trunk contain?
(a) A photo album from his childhood.
(b) Karl's journal.
(c) A volume of Rilke's poems.
(d) The Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Karl uncomfortable about the building his uncle lives in?

2. What do the text's descriptions of New York and its suburbs most emphasize?

3. What happens as Karl steps out onto the stairs leading into the smaller boat that will take him to shore?

4. What is the likely intended purpose of the scene with the coffeepot during the morning at the inn?

5. What does Klara think Karl's last name is?

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