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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. To which of the following does Thilo think Frommer addicted?
(a) Amphetiamines.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

2. What was the name of the first headmaster under whom Mieczyś studied?
(a) Rustowicz.
(b) Groff.
(c) Harper.
(d) Szuman.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What make of car does Semperweiss drive?

2. Which of the following plays does Mieczyś favor?

3. Which of the following does Raimund serve at the witches’ mouths?

4. What color eyes does Mieczyś have?

5. Which of the following is the first to greet Mieczyś?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there no cemetery in Görbersdorf?

2. What does August posit is “the basis of old age” (57)?

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

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

5. What does Thilo claim is “the most common mistake people make when they’re in danger” (49)?

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

7. How is Mieczyś’s uncle employed?

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

9. What does Brehmer notice about tuberculosis that had been missed previously?

10. How is the whistling of the witches’ mouths explained?

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