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

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

3. What does Karl feel he is being treated like during dinner at the Pollunder house?
(a) A child.
(b) An intruder.
(c) A servant.
(d) An accomplice.

4. Although Karl thinks that Jakob indulges him generously, what does the narrative imply is true about Jakob's behavior toward Karl?
(a) Jakob intends to make Karl a partner in his buisness.
(b) Jakob is stern with Karl because he sees Karl's potential.
(c) Jakob is needlessly distant and controlling toward Karl.
(d) Jakob is using Karl to heal the rift between himself and Karl's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the stoker, when is it most likely that a person would become a stoker?

3. When Karl imagines that his visit to the Pollunders might become "the turning point in his relationship with his uncle," what techniques are being used (57)?

4. What does Karl ask Pollunder about on the drive out to the country?

5. How does Karl almost fall from a window at the Pollunder house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mixed messages does Karl get from Jakob about the visit to Pollunder's country home?

2. What does Karl discover about Mak on his trip to the Pollunder home?

3. How does Schubal's manner when he enters the office tend to support the bursar's version of events?

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

5. What claims does the stoker make against Schubal?

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

7. Why is Karl on the ship?

8. How does Karl spend his time during his first weeks in New York?

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

10. What bizarre interaction does Karl have with Klara after dinner?

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