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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?
(a) Go back to Europe.
(b) Find work out West.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Join a trade union.

2. When Karl is wandering through the vast Pollunder house, what is he reminded of?
(a) Families on the east side of the city who live crowded together in one room.
(b) The cozy warmth of his parents' home in Germany.
(c) The many floors of offices in his uncle's building.
(d) The sprawling interior of the ship he traveled to America on.

3. What does Jakob insist that Karl be home in the morning in time to do?
(a) Attend his music lesson.
(b) Attend his etiquette lesson.
(c) Attend his riding lesson.
(d) Attend his English lesson.

4. What makes Karl feel better about the early hour at which he has to get up for his riding lessons?
(a) The hearty breakfasts he is served.
(b) The luxury of his bathtub.
(c) The novelty of having a valet help him dress.
(d) The view of the sunrise from his balcony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the attitude Green takes toward Klara that so offends Karl?

2. Why is Karl so useful to Therese when she is running errands in the city?

3. When Karl tries to use some New York expressions during dinner with Green and Pollunder, what is their response?

4. How does Karl's mood change during dinner at the Pollunder's house?

5. What element of the attic room's decor does Karl spend time looking at closely?

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