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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. Which of the following dishes meets with Mieczyś’s approval?
(a) Yorkshire pudding.
(b) Blood pudding.
(c) Rice pudding.
(d) Bread pudding.

2. With what chess piece does Mieczyś identify?
(a) Knight.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Rook.
(d) Pawn.

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

4. For what bird do the residents of Görbersdorf have an affinity?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Swans.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Geese.

5. To which of the following had Mieczyś been taken by his father and his uncle?
(a) Khreshchatyk.
(b) Zaleszczyki.
(c) Kostryzhivka.
(d) Dobrivlyany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first color of macaroon Mieczyś eats at the café with Frommer?

2. To which of the following is Mieczyś sent to study?

3. Which of the following does August cite in discussing demons?

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

5. Which of the following effects does Dover’s powder have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Semperweiss characterize culture?

2. How does Semperweiss respond to the revelation of Mieczyś’s condition?

3. What gift does Thilo give Mieczyś?

4. What thought about Poland does Mieczyś not share with his father?

5. Why does Mieczyś begin to avoid August, Lukas, and Frommer?

6. How does Mieczyś react to Frommer’s comment about seeing him visit what had been Klara’s rooms?

7. What does Semperweiss note the point of having a gun is?

8. Why does Willi propose an outing as Thilo’s health declines?

9. Why does Mieczyś buy pistachio macaroons?

10. What does August regard as the function of myth?

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