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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of wallpaper is in what had been Klara’s room?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Fuchsia.
(d) Mauve.

2. Who had owned the copy of The Heathen Mieczyś attempts to read?
(a) Ulanicz.
(b) Ivanovitch.
(c) Ivanovitch.
(d) Bolcewicz.

3. Mieczyś and his fellow lodgers discuss the disappearance of what painting?
(a) Mona Lisa.
(b) Last Supper.
(c) Salvator Mundi.
(d) Lady with an Ermine.

4. In what town is Klara interred?
(a) Langwaltersdorf.
(b) Kurzgustavsdorf.
(c) Kurzwaltersdorf.
(d) Langgustavsdorf.

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

6. On what street did Mieczyś and his father visit a restaurant weekly?
(a) Krakivska.
(b) Shevska.
(c) Teatralna.
(d) Trybunalska.

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

8. Which of the following is displayed on the postcard Mieczyś sends his father?
(a) Altes Kurhaus.
(b) Neues Kurhaus.
(c) Weisses Haus.
(d) Villa Romana.

9. Which of the following is called the Grizzled Lion?
(a) Lukas.
(b) Frommer.
(c) August.
(d) Thilo.

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

11. Approximately what percentage of sanatorium patients recover?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 95.
(d) 25.

12. Who translates the epigraph of the novel?
(a) Zenith.
(b) Nadir.
(c) Pessoa.
(d) Arthur.

13. Which of the following had sponsored Brehmer?
(a) Ritter.
(b) Bonpland.
(c) Humboldt.
(d) Darwin.

14. How many troops does a cavalry regiment include?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

15. Which of the following had Mieczyś quailed from in his childhood basement?
(a) A snake.
(b) A toad.
(c) An owl.
(d) A rat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make of car does Semperweiss drive?

2. Who rebukes Mieczyś and Thilo for being late to take their rest-cure?

3. In what year was Mieczyś born?

4. Who is the sole person interred in Görbersdorf?

5. From which of the following does Mieczyś turn back at the end of an early walk?

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