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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following woods is noted in the novel as good for making charcoal?

2. What was the name of Mieczyś’s German teacher?

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

4. With which of the following concepts does Lukas express disgust?

5. What kind of official wrote in the passport Mieczyś has at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the witches’ mouths to which Willi leads Mieczyś and his fellow-lodgers?

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

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

4. Why does Mieczyś note liking the concept of things being appetizing?

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

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

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

8. What had Mieczyś and his nanny called tweaking?

9. Why does Mieczyś report his diet to his father?

10. Why does Mieczyś’s father reject the idea of an independent Poland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of The Empusium? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

The lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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