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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lights the narrator's cell?
(a) A storm lantern.
(b) An electric light.
(c) A candle.
(d) A gas lamp.

2. What does the narrator tell the clerk at Semb's is wrapped in his blanket?
(a) A dove.
(b) A sculpture.
(c) Two vases.
(d) Important documents.

3. For what change does the editor ask in the sketch?
(a) More avant-garde.
(b) Less simplistic.
(c) More popular.
(d) More emotional.

4. Of what country does the narrator say his landlord was Prime Minister?
(a) India.
(b) Persia.
(c) Turkey.
(d) China.

5. Why does the narrator give up on his idea of writing "Crimes of the Future"?
(a) It is too boring.
(b) It is too elementary.
(c) It is too complicated.
(d) It is too long-winded.

6. Of whom does the stonecutter remind the narrator?
(a) A debt collector.
(b) His brother.
(c) A bookkeeper.
(d) A banker.

7. What do the narrator and engineer drink?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Wine.
(c) Tea.
(d) Beer.

8. What does the narrator tell Queeny is in his package?
(a) Leather.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Food.
(d) Paper.

9. What name does the narrator give to the Officer on Duty?
(a) Hennechen.
(b) Hans Pauli.
(c) Pascha.
(d) Andreas Tangen.

10. Of what is Princess Ylayali's throne made?
(a) Yellow roses.
(b) Granite.
(c) Crocuses.
(d) Amethyst.

11. What of the narrator's is whipped by the hayracks?
(a) His hat.
(b) His bundle.
(c) His back.
(d) His legs.

12. What does the narrator owe Hans Pauli?
(a) Some money.
(b) A pair of trousers.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A blanket.

13. What does the narrator want to buy when he tries to find the banker for the second time?
(a) A candle.
(b) Some food.
(c) A pencil.
(d) New shoes.

14. What does the narrator offer the old man who sits down on his bench?
(a) His coupons.
(b) A drink.
(c) His painting.
(d) A cigarette.

15. What does the narrator try to give to the organ-grinder's daughter for her father?
(a) His purse.
(b) His waistcoat.
(c) A lecture.
(d) A cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pawnbroker have attached to his door that makes a distinctive sound?

2. Who has sent the letter to him?

3. On which floor of the apartment building is the pawnshop on Pile Street?

4. What does the narrator call the woman who appears at the window of 2 St. Olaf's Place?

5. To what does the narrator compare the wastebasket in the editor's office?

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