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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mehring not able to use the river as a water source?
(a) It is too low.
(b) It does not belong to him.
(c) It is contaminated.
(d) It is dirty.

2. Why does Antonia taunt Mehring?
(a) He annoys her.
(b) He works in the city as a pig-iron dealer.
(c) She enjoys making others feel inferior.
(d) He is a socialist, while she is a capitalist.

3. Why is Jacobus angry when one of the laborer youths, Izak, comes back from the nearby shantytown?
(a) He was sent to buy beer, which Jacobus feels is unsafe for a young man.
(b) Izak is sent to buy supplies but comes back empty-handed.
(c) He could have been followed from the shantytown by the police, which would have caused trouble for the other men at the meeting.
(d) He is too young to be at the meeting and should have stayed at the shantytown.

4. Where is Antonia's husband?
(a) Dead.
(b) In the United States.
(c) Away on research.
(d) In town.

5. How do Mehring's business peers feel out his "hobby" farm?
(a) They are embarrassed.
(b) They feel envious.
(c) They find it ridiculous.
(d) They are disgusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Mehring return?

2. Why does Mehring buy the farm?

3. What do the police tell Mehring will happen in the next several days?

4. Who is his current girlfriend?

5. Where is Jacobus' meeting being held?

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