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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elisabeth blame for Albert's irritability and jumpiness in Chapter 7?
(a) His sore back.
(b) The coldness of their flat.
(c) His job.
(d) The weather.

2. Why did Axel leave Germany as a young man?
(a) To take a job in Paris.
(b) To escape legal charges.
(c) To avoid the war.
(d) To live with his cousin in America.

3. What does Baum do for a living?
(a) Baum is an author.
(b) Baum is a film producer.
(c) Baum is a lawyer.
(d) Baum is a doctor.

4. What does Axel ask Dorianna at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) If she was a fan of Bach.
(b) If she wanted to go for a drink.
(c) If she had ever been to America.
(d) If she had read Tolstoy.

5. What grew in front of Margot's new building?
(a) A cherry tree.
(b) Three poplars.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Cedar hedges.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Albert wait at Paul's house before Irma dies?

2. What game does Axel love to play, even in his dreams?

3. When Margot asks Albert where he is going at the end of Chapter 21, what does he tell her?

4. In Chapter 16, who does Margot think the footman at the dinner party resembles?

5. How long was Elisabeth in confinement at the end of her pregnancy?

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