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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Chapters 1 through 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following houses does Mieczyś note in the town where he lodges?
(a) Villa Adelheid.
(b) Guesthouse Johnson.
(c) Hotel Suisse.
(d) Casa Bonita.

2. Which of the following sports a monocle?
(a) Frommer.
(b) August.
(c) Lukas.
(d) Thilo.

3. Of which of the following did Mieczyś’s father approve?
(a) Esoterism.
(b) Individualism.
(c) Pragmatism.
(d) Atavism.

4. From the mountains of which of the following is tuberculosis noted to be absent?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Norway.

5. Who provides the epigraph for the novel?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Nadir.
(c) Pessoa.
(d) Zenith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first to greet Mieczyś?

2. Which of the following is depicted on the wall of Mieczyś’s lodgings?

3. What kind of official wrote in the passport Mieczyś has at the beginning of the novel?

4. In what year was Mieczyś born?

5. Where, other than the sanatorium where Mieczyś is a patient, does the novel remark treatment for tuberculosis might be sought?

(see the answer key)

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