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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “We are always here.”
(b) “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.”
(c) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(d) “The view is obscured by clouds of steam from the locomotive that trail along the platform.”

3. What name for tuberculosis does Semperweiss note is fashionable?
(a) Hanahaki.
(b) White Death.
(c) Morbus Koch.
(d) Scrofula.

4. Mieczyś recalls a statue of what angel with damage to its hand?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Uriel.
(d) Michael.

5. At what school was Mieczyś a student?
(a) Streeling University.
(b) Lwów Polytechnic.
(c) Transylvania Polygnostic.
(d) MIT.

6. Which of the following does Frommer note was sentenced by Catholic authorities?
(a) von Afterbaked.
(b) von Trapp.
(c) von Nowgrilled.
(d) von Stillfried.

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

8. Which of the following names predominates in the cemetery where Klara is interred?
(a) Küfer.
(b) Fischer.
(c) Fährmann.
(d) Bauer.

9. From which of the following lands was Klara?
(a) Lithuanian.
(b) Croatian.
(c) Czech.
(d) Bosnian.

10. What nationality does Willi claim?
(a) German.
(b) Austrian.
(c) Swiss.
(d) Liechtensteiner.

11. Who is the sole person interred in Görbersdorf?
(a) Brehmer.
(b) Koch.
(c) Yerinkova.
(d) Strauss.

12. Which of the following does Raimund serve at the witches’ mouths?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Beer.

13. From where is Frommer noted to hail?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Opole.
(c) Breslau.
(d) Waldenburg.

14. With what article of clothing is August associated?
(a) Kerchief.
(b) Bow tie.
(c) Foulard.
(d) Ascot.

15. What is used to summon patients to meals in the novel?
(a) Gong.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Bugle.
(d) Cornet.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Thilo think Frommer addicted?

2. For what government had August’s father worked?

3. How does the novel gloss the term “czernina”?

4. From which of the following did Mieczyś travel to reach Görbersdorf?

5. Mieczyś and his fellow lodgers discuss the disappearance of what painting?

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