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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what character does Mieczyś identify?
(a) Tertius.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Commodus.

2. What is the oldest building in the sanatorium?
(a) Neues Kurhaus.
(b) Altes Kurhaus.
(c) Villa Romana.
(d) Weisses Haus.

3. Near what sea does August claim mantises arise?
(a) Caribbean.
(b) Caspian.
(c) Mediterranean.
(d) Black.

4. Which of the following asserts Willi abused Klara?
(a) Lukas.
(b) Thilo.
(c) Frommer.
(d) August.

5. With which of the following languages does Mieczyś associate pain?
(a) English.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

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

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

8. Which of the following was condemned for witchcraft?
(a) Helena Burnsoft.
(b) Maria Warner.
(c) Eva Bernhard.
(d) Joanna Kopeck.

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

10. From what brewery does Raimund bring Lukas beer?
(a) Pfedelbach.
(b) Neuenstein.
(c) Wolpertshausen.
(d) Waldenburg.

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

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

13. What German word does Mieczyś note liking?
(a) Unheimlich.
(b) Lebensabschnittpartner.
(c) Gemütlich.
(d) Kopf.

14. Who is the first to offer Willi condolences at the death of his wife?
(a) Thilo.
(b) Lukas.
(c) August.
(d) Frommer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is displayed on the postcard Mieczyś sends his father?

2. Who translates the epigraph of the novel?

3. How does Semperweiss gloss the term “phthisis”?

4. With what article of clothing is August associated?

5. Which of the following woods is noted in the novel as good for making charcoal?

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