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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. In what year was Mieczyś born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1909.

2. From what region had August’s mother come?
(a) Galicia.
(b) Silesia.
(c) Maramureş.
(d) Bukovina.

3. To which of the following is Schwärmerei compared?
(a) Riesling.
(b) Salatkrönung.
(c) Sieben-Kräuter.
(d) Zechs-Marquise.

4. Which of the following plays does Lukas discuss?
(a) The Golden Ass.
(b) Oedipus Rex.
(c) Lysistrata.
(d) The Frogs.

5. Which of the following are noted as flowering in Lwów?
(a) Clover.
(b) Chrysanthemums.
(c) Lantanas.
(d) Zinnias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what sea does August claim mantises arise?

2. What language does Mieczyś favor?

3. What color of sock is Mieczyś wearing when he is introduced to the novel?

4. Who is the sole person interred in Görbersdorf?

5. Brehmer had attended lectures by which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Mieczyś and his nanny called tweaking?

2. How had Mieczyś been instructed to ward off panic caused by coughing?

3. What does August consider wisdom?

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

5. Why does Thilo claim landscape is a great mystery?

6. How do those where Mieczyś seeks treatment mark their graves?

7. Why does Frommer note that nearby witchcraft trials had ended?

8. How does Mieczyś know the piano in his lodgings is used little?

9. Why is there no cemetery in Görbersdorf?

10. What features on the grave of Mieczyś’s mother?

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