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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of mushroom do Willi and Raimund harvest with Mieczyś?
(a) Liberty cap.
(b) Fly agaric.
(c) Lanmaoa.
(d) Ink cap.

2. What flowers hang outside Zum Dreimädelhaus?
(a) Petunias.
(b) Begonias.
(c) Pelargoniums.
(d) Hydrangeas.

3. How many macaroons does Mieczyś buy at the café with Frommer?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. What women’s fashion does Mieczyś note as on display at the sanatorium?
(a) Stuffed-bird hats.
(b) Hat pins.
(c) Seal-skin boots.
(d) Pigeon breasts.

5. In what city is Mieczyś penetrated during a medical exam?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Bratislava.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Prague.

6. What does Mieczyś note has eaten the stair-rail?
(a) Termites.
(b) Grubs.
(c) Carpenter ants.
(d) Deathwatch beetles.

7. To which of the following does Semperweiss liken Mieczyś?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A spear.

8. Which of the following effects does Dover’s powder have?
(a) Aphrodisiac.
(b) Soporific.
(c) Stimulant.
(d) Hallucinogenic.

9. How old is Semperweiss’s mother?
(a) 78.
(b) 81.
(c) 79.
(d) 80.

10. At what hospital does Semperweiss work?
(a) Waldenburg.
(b) Breslau.
(c) Opole.
(d) Warsaw.

11. Which of the following flavors of macaroon does Mieczyś eat at the café with Frommer?
(a) Grapefruit.
(b) Lime.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Orange.

12. Which of the following is the subject of the painting Thilo uses to teach Mieczyś?
(a) Serug.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Terah.
(d) Nahor.

13. For which of the following does Mieczyś conceive a passion?
(a) Bonsai.
(b) Pigeon fancying.
(c) Numismatics.
(d) Beekeeping.

14. On what day did Mieczyś’s father wear a red and white handkerchief?
(a) July 4.
(b) November 5.
(c) January 6.
(d) May 3.

15. Which of the following does Thilo esteem as a painter?
(a) Glezies.
(b) Marc.
(c) Goncharova.
(d) Delaunay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town had Mieczyś and his father consulted a professor?

2. A painting of which of the following hangs in Mieczyś’s lodgings?

3. What is Frommer’s vocal range?

4. Which of the following does Semperweiss juxtapose with “the golden calf” (273)?

5. Which of the following is among Mieczyś’s countrymen?

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