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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Mieczyś eat in Wrocław?
(a) Hare-heart soup.
(b) Pumpkin soup.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Duck-blood soup.

2. What kind of bird pauses at the autumnal equinox?
(a) Raven.
(b) Magpie.
(c) Starling.
(d) Grackle.

3. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(b) “We are always here.”
(c) “The view is obscured by clouds of steam from the locomotive that trail along the platform.”
(d) “Before the droshky moved off, with a sort of mischievous joy she threw it up in the air, letting it fall straight into her mouth.”

4. Which of the following is the first color of macaroon Mieczyś eats at the café with Frommer?
(a) Crimson.
(b) Incarnadine.
(c) Vermillion.
(d) Rouge.

5. By what physician is Mieczyś penetrated during a medical exam?
(a) Zagreus.
(b) Moreau.
(c) Syndowski.
(d) Kubitschek.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what article of clothing is August associated?

2. What color of sock is Mieczyś wearing when he is introduced to the novel?

3. Who provides the epigraph for the novel?

4. From the mountains of which of the following is tuberculosis noted to be absent?

5. Which of the following had sponsored Brehmer?

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