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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed between "Part I" and "Part II"?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

2. In "Part II," how does the Consul describe Christian in comparison to Tom?
(a) He is better with business matters.
(b) He is less responsible.
(c) He is more angry.
(d) He is less serious.

3. What is Christian's strange talent?
(a) He can do shadow puppets.
(b) He can play every instrument.
(c) He can impersonate people.
(d) He can do acrobatic tricks.

4. In "Part IV," what are the lower classes insisting upon?
(a) Vacation days.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Better pay.
(d) Health care.

5. What does Gotthold want to know while attending his father's funeral?
(a) Gottold doesn't talk at the funeral.
(b) If he can move into Buddenbrook home.
(c) Where the pictures of his mother are.
(d) How much money he will receive.

6. Who goes with Tony to the Schwartzkopf's home in "Part III"?
(a) Tom.
(b) Christian.
(c) Grunlich.
(d) The Consul.

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

8. After Consul Kroger dies, what happens to his estate?
(a) It is left to Justus.
(b) It is demolished.
(c) It is sold.
(d) It is turned into a museum.

9. In "Part IV," where does Tom go on business?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

10. Where do the men go after dinner in "Part I"?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) A local pub.
(c) The billiards room.
(d) The sitting room.

11. What does the head of the Schwartzkopf family do for a living?
(a) He is an author.
(b) He is a businessman.
(c) He is a sailor.
(d) He is a pilot.

12. How does the older generation feel about Napoleon?
(a) They feel he was nothing to fear.
(b) They feel he was a tyrant.
(c) They feel he was a great man.
(d) They feel he was misunderstood.

13. After spending time with the Krogers in "Part II," how does Tony change?
(a) She becomes educated.
(b) She becomes fearful.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She becomes spoiled.

14. What years is it in the beginning of "Part I"?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1835.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Part I," what aspect of the Buddenbrook home do the guests discuss?

4. In "Part III,, what interrupts Tom's secret romance with Anna?

5. In the beginning of "Part III", what is the Consul's family all reading?

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