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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What day of the week do the Buddenbrooks gather at the Buddenbrook house?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

3. What did the Buddenbrooks do during the war with Napoleon?
(a) They joined the army.
(b) They hid in England.
(c) They helped build navy ships.
(d) They boarded French troops.

4. Why does the Consul decide to send Tony to a boarding school?
(a) Because she starts scaring strangers in the street.
(b) Because she gets into a fight with a boy.
(c) Because she stops working in school.
(d) Because she starts stealing from stores.

5. In "Part III," what does Morten do when Tony invites him to spend time with her friends?
(a) He insults a few of them.
(b) He decides to read alone instead.
(c) He tells her he has to leave town.
(d) He is too shy to talk with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original purpose of Grunlich's visit to the Consul in "Part III"?

2. How does Tony describe her first impression of Grunlich?

3. What causes the servant to be fired from the Buddenbrook home in "Part IV"?

4. In "Part I," what does the Consul's mother tell him to do about Gotthold's demand for money?

5. Where does Grunlich die?

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