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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From which of the following does Lukas come?
(a) Gdynia.
(b) Königsberg.
(c) Kaunas.
(d) Brest.

3. Which of the following had been a childhood friend to Mieczyś?
(a) Cappadocio.
(b) Anatol.
(c) Boris.
(d) Denis.

4. From which of the following did Mieczyś travel to reach Görbersdorf?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Opole.
(c) Breslau.
(d) Waldenburg.

5. Who rebukes Mieczyś and Thilo for being late to take their rest-cure?
(a) Lachowski.
(b) Kneipp.
(c) Schwartz.
(d) Althaus.

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

7. Which of the following is Mieczyś served among his first full meal in his lodgings?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Beer.
(d) Whiskey.

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

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

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

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

12. How does the novel gloss the term “czernina”?
(a) Pumpkin soup.
(b) Hare-heart soup.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Duck-blood soup.

13. On what street in Lwów had Mieczyś lived with his father?
(a) Easy.
(b) Pańska.
(c) Czarnecki.
(d) Cłowa.

14. From which Gospel is a reading taken at Klara’s funeral?
(a) John.
(b) Luke.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Mark.

15. Which of the following descriptors is applied to Thilo?
(a) Composed.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Neurotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city’s weather is posited as useful for forecasting conditions at the sanatorium?

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

3. In which of the following was August born?

4. Who is the first to offer Willi condolences at the death of his wife?

5. Which of the following names predominates in the cemetery where Klara is interred?

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