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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which detail most clearly supports the idea that the stoker is nervous about going to the office?
(a) The way he grabs Karl's hand to pull him out the door.
(b) His remarks to Line in the kitchen.
(c) His attempt to kick the rat in the corridor.
(d) The picture he takes from the wall and puts in his pocket.

2. What does Karl first notice about Klara when he sees her in the light?
(a) The lace at the throat of her dress.
(b) The bruise on her cheek.
(c) How large the pupils of her eyes are.
(d) The redness of her lips.

3. Why are Karl and Jakob confused when Pollunder shows up to take Karl home with him?
(a) Karl already told Pollunder that he did not have time for the visit.
(b) In his invitation, Pollunder mentioned a visit over the holidays.
(c) Jakob clearly refused permission for the visit.
(d) No date for the visit was ever discussed.

4. How many offices does Jakob keep in the building he lives in?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

5. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?
(a) He is an earl.
(b) He is a baron.
(c) He is a United States Congressman.
(d) He is a state senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the letter and his trunk, what else does Pollunder give Karl?

2. What are the "gilded caryatids" on the door outside the office (10)?

3. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What unexpected news does Klara give her father when he and Karl arrive at the Pollunder home, and how does Pollunder react?

2. What details portray the women in the ship's kitchen as boldly flirtatious?

3. In what way is Karl's experience in the Pollunder house similar to his experience onboard the ship?

4. What analogy does Jakob draw between Karl and a newborn baby?

5. How does Green's intervention keep Karl from getting back to New York on the same night he left?

6. What does Karl imagine about his parents when he is in the office with the stoker?

7. Why is Karl so exhausted when the story opens?

8. What is so fascinating to Karl about the desk in his room?

9. Explain how Karl's inability to keep track of his possessions causes complications in "The Stoker."

10. What conclusions has Karl already come to about America when the second chapter opens, and why?

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