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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Semperweiss gloss the term “phthisis”?
(a) Decanter.
(b) Decline.
(c) Decay.
(d) Death.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Mieczyś served among his first full meal in his lodgings?

2. Of which of the following did Mieczyś’s father approve?

3. What is used to summon patients to meals in the novel?

4. What make of car does Semperweiss drive?

5. Who provides the epigraph for the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does the novel ascribe the colors of fall foliage?

2. What are the fates of Willi’s four wives?

3. What does August consider wisdom?

4. How do the narrators know that Mieczyś is wearing a fresh shirt collar when he is introduced?

5. What message does Mieczyś send his father and uncle on postcards?

6. Why does Mieczyś study mathematics and chemistry?

7. How do the narrators determine there had been recent rain at the beginning of the novel?

8. How does Mieczyś know people spy on others in hotels?

9. Why does Mieczyś associate the smell of fat with his father?

10. Why is Mieczyś delayed in attending Klara’s funeral?

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