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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Chapter I - VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confusing emotions does August have about Mother Hentjen?
(a) He is jealous of her relationship with both Erna and Martin.
(b) He fears and feels superior to her at the same time.
(c) He feels that she is both motherly and sisterly.
(d) He despises and desires her at the same time.

2. Whom did Joachim asked to marry him?
(a) Elisabeth.
(b) Ilona.
(c) Gerneth.
(d) Ruzena

3. In Part Two, Chapter IV, what do Mother Hentjen and August have a terrible fight over?
(a) Her relationship with Martin.
(b) Her miserliness and mistrust.
(c) His wish to go to America and her dead husband's portrait.
(d) Her homosexuality.

4. Where is Godicke's badly injured body found?
(a) At his home.
(b) In a dance hall.
(c) In a trench.
(d) In a parsonage.

5. What condition did Joachim's father suffer from in Part I, Chapter III?
(a) A nervous breakdown.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A stroke.
(d) Consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. After moving back to Cologne, why does August decide to return to Manheim?

2. The casino is mentioned in the book. What is the casino?

3. What part of Jaretzki's body is seriously wounded?

4. How does August know Martin?

5. Whom has Joachim's family chosen to be his future bride?

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