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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 it mean that the head waiter has a "choleric" temperament?
(a) He has a hot temper.
(b) He is easily confused.
(c) He processes information slowly.
(d) He is cold and cynical.

2. What has the servant woman named the child that she alleges Karl fathered?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Karl.
(d) Lisel.

3. What surprises Delamarche and Robinson about Karl's time in New York?
(a) He did not find himself a girlfriend.
(b) He did not meet any native New Yorkers.
(c) He saw almost nothing of the city.
(d) He learned very little English.

4. What does the head cook tell Karl that he does not "seem the type" for?
(a) Working at a menial job.
(b) Studying at a university.
(c) Wandering around the country.
(d) Deserting his companions.

5. What does Jakob ask Karl if he has cancelled in preparation for his visit to Pollunder's?
(a) His English lesson.
(b) His riding lesson.
(c) His music lesson.
(d) His etiquette lesson.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During the dinner with Pollunder and Green, what is their treatment of Karl compared to?

4. How does Delamarche wake Karl in the morning?

5. To what city does Green want to send Karl?

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