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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A glass of milk.
(d) A pair of shoes.

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

4. What does the clerk of the grocery store wrap up for the narrator when he enters?
(a) Some milk.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) Some fruit.
(d) A candle.

5. About what food does the narrator fantasize as he walks away?
(a) Soup.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Rye bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator liken the old man as he climbs the hill?

2. What does the narrator discover in the darkness of his cell?

3. Of whom does the stonecutter remind the narrator?

4. Where is the narrator sitting at the beginning of Part Two?

5. What does the narrator offer the old man who sits down on his bench?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator give his banker friend his tie?

2. Why is the narrator glad when the stable-boy asks him for five kroner?

3. Why does Mr. Christie reject the narrator?

4. Why is the narrator embarrassed by his blanket, and what does he do with it?

5. What stories does the narrator tell to explain the package with his green blanket inside?

6. Why does the narrator start crying?

7. How does the narrator view the red rocking chair when he decides to leave his apartment for good?

8. For what does C. Zacharias Bartel think the narrator has visited him, and why does he not want the narrator to see it?

9. What lie does the narrator invent to explain why he returned for the pencil?

10. Why is the narrator interested in the newspaper-wrapped package of the old man?

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