View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator find on the table of his apartment?
(a) A book.
(b) A letter.
(c) A note.
(d) His keys.

3. On which floor of the apartment building is the pawnshop on Pile Street?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The ground floor.
(c) The attic.
(d) The basement.

4. What is making the narrator feel drunk?
(a) Gin.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Sleeplessness.

5. How does the narrator get Pastor Levison's address?
(a) Church of Our Saviour.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A policeman.
(d) Pascha's Bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator order at the cafe in Stor Street?

2. How does the narrator say Ylayali is related to Happolati?

3. What is the old man's profession?

4. What is the narrator tempted to steal from the marketplace?

5. Who suggests to the narrator that he should ask to be locked up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the passers-by anger the narrator?

2. Describe the narrator's fantasy of Princess Ylayali's castle.

3. How do the hayracks treat the narrator?

4. Why does the narrator become annoyed with the old man?

5. How does the narrator punish himself for nearly asking the editor for money?

6. How does the narrator react to Queeny's advice on tailors?

7. What story does the narrator tell the old man?

8. What practical joke does the narrator decide to play on the passing policeman?

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

10. How do the policemen throughout the novel treat the narrator?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 760 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample