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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Buddenbrook dinner end in "Part I"?
(a) With a prayer.
(b) With a poem.
(c) With a dance.
(d) With joke telling.

2. How does Gotthold tell the Buddenbrook family he wants money?
(a) He visits his grandfather.
(b) He writes in to a newspaper.
(c) He sends a telegram to his mother.
(d) He sends a letter to the Consul.

3. In "Part I," whose lap does Antonie sit on when she recites her catechism?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandfather.

4. Where do the Krogers have an estate?
(a) Inside Berlin.
(b) Near the mountains.
(c) On the coast of Boarder Sea.
(d) Outside Castle Gate.

5. How did Johann Buddenbrook acquire Buddenbrook home?
(a) He was left it in a will.
(b) His firm acquired it.
(c) He bought it from his mother.
(d) He built it himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Part II," what does the Consul write about in his journal?

2. In "Part II," what does the Consul say about Johann's second marriage?

3. In "Part I," who is the first guest to arrive at Buddenbrook house?

4. How much time has passed between "Part I" and "Part II"?

5. How does the wealth of the Krogers compare to the wealth of the Buddenbrooks?

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