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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seeing Edith's happiness, to whom does Hofmiller compare himself?
(a) God.
(b) Dr. Condor.
(c) A great general.
(d) Kekesfalva.

2. How does Hofmiller react when Edith tries to walk to him, but falls at his feet?
(a) He calls for the butler to help lift her.
(b) He calls Dr. Condor to report the incident.
(c) He cringes back in embarrassment.
(d) He comes to her aid immediately.

3. What kind of advice does Hofmiller seek from Balinkay?
(a) He asks how to regain the respect of his commanding officer.
(b) He asks whether he should marry Edith.
(c) He asks how to get a promotion.
(d) He asks for advice on leaving the military.

4. When Edith wants to show Hofmiller what she is capable of, what does she attempt to climb over?
(a) The garden wall.
(b) The stall in a barn.
(c) A large pile of discarded furniture.
(d) A balcony.

5. How does Edith feel after Hofmiller tells her about his financial condition?
(a) She is embarrassed because he buys her such nice flowers.
(b) She is angry that he hasn't told her this before.
(c) She doesn't believe he's telling the truth.
(d) She is sympathetic and offers him money.

6. What is Balinkay's relationship with Hofmiller's regiment?
(a) He is currently a member.
(b) He used to be a member but left.
(c) He has applied for a transfer from another regiment but has not been accepted yet.
(d) He is the commanding officer of the regiment.

7. Who talks Hofmiller out of his plan?
(a) Dr. Condor.
(b) Ilona.
(c) Colonel Bubencic.
(d) Kekesfalva.

8. How does Ilona think Hofmiller feels about Edith?
(a) She thinks he returns her love.
(b) She thinks he pities her.
(c) She thinks he doesn't respect her.
(d) She thinks he is only after her money.

9. What evidence of her feelings has Edith given everyone in the house?
(a) She has asked her father to approach him about marriage.
(b) She has begun to plan their wedding.
(c) She wakes them every night to ask if they think Hofmiller is fond of her.
(d) She has shown them secret notes she has written to Hofmiller.

10. What surprises Hofmiller about Dr. Condor's home?
(a) It is a large mansion.
(b) It is decorated badly.
(c) It is the house in which Hofmiller had grown up.
(d) It is in a poorer section of town.

11. How does Edith react to what the gypsy tells her?
(a) She listens quietly and walks away.
(b) She erupts in an angry tirade.
(c) She weeps with joy.
(d) She runs from the room in tears.

12. Later on the night following their trip, from whom does Hofmiller receive a note?
(a) Ilona.
(b) His father.
(c) Edith.
(d) Kekesfalva.

13. When Hofmiller tells Dr. Condor about Edith's kiss and her letter, why is Condor angry with himself?
(a) He is afraid Kekesfalva will blame him.
(b) He had hoped to win Edith for himself and fears it's too late.
(c) He thinks he should have realized Edith was in love with Hofmiller.
(d) He wishes he had not let Hofmiller in when he came to the door.

14. What does Hofmiller do while Edith plays with the new foals?
(a) He sneaks into the barn for a nap.
(b) He calls Dr. Condor.
(c) He rides wild horses.
(d) He calls his commanding officer.

15. How does Edith commit suicide?
(a) She shoots herself with Hofmiller's gun.
(b) She throws herself over the balcony.
(c) She takes a bottle of sleeping pills.
(d) She jumps from the roof of the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hofmiller feel about the book he is reading?

2. What does Hofmiller ask Dr. Condor to tell Edith?

3. When they talk after Hofmiller returns from his trip with the Kekesfalvas, what does Dr. Condor tell Hofmiller about the new treatment?

4. What is Dr. Condor's wife's name?

5. When he arrives at the castle the morning after telling Kekesfalva about the new treatment, what does Hofmiller learn Kekesfalva did during the night that upsets him?

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