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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. What does Margot realize by visiting Albert's flat?
(a) He is wealthy.
(b) He is old.
(c) He is obsessive about cleanliness.
(d) He is married.

2. Where did Albert and Elisabeth marry?
(a) Munich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hamburg.

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

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

5. How long did it take of living with Margot for Albert's memories of living with his wife and daughter to be dulled?
(a) One month.
(b) Four months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 6, where does Albert look for Margot?

2. What is the name of Margot Peters' brother?

3. How does Albert feel when he wakes up at Margot's flat in Chapter 9?

4. What is Albert's surname?

5. How late is Margot when she finally arrives at Albert's flat in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margot lose her self-confidence after her encounter with the Austrian man in Solfi?

2. What can Albert tell by watching the expression on Margot's face at the dinner party in Chapter 16?

3. Why does Margot weep after running into Axel again at the dinner party?

4. As described in Chapter 7, what did Paul overhear one day on the telephone?

5. Who is Frau Levandovsky?

6. At the beginning of the novel what project is Albert trying to get off the ground?

7. What does Margot tell Albert when he asks how she found out his name?

8. What reckless behavior does Margot engage in after Axel leaves?

9. How is Margot described when Albert first sees her?

10. Why did Albert suspect Margot was hiding in his library?

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