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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the writer spend the majority of his time?
(a) Listening to music.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing letters.

2. What was Einfried before it became a sanitarium?
(a) A museum.
(b) A house.
(c) A ski lodge.
(d) A royal summer residence.

3. Where was Mr. Spinell born?
(a) Lemberg.
(b) The Baltic Coast.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Bremen.

4. Who is Mrs. Spatz?
(a) The wife of a naval officer, she has a nervous condition.
(b) A magistrate’s wife with a stomach complaint who considers herself Gabriele’s mentor.
(c) A midwife.
(d) The housekeeper.

5. How is the writer’s physical appearance described?
(a) Dark complexion, boyish face, early thirties, rotting teeth.
(b) Red-faced, early forties, balding.
(c) Receding hairline, scruffy face, late thirties.
(d) Light complexion, redheaded, late twenties, missing an eye.

6. How does Mrs. Kloterjahn feel about her husband?
(a) She is devoted to him.
(b) She hates him.
(c) She finds him tiresome.
(d) She is indifferent to him.

7. What is Mr. Kloterjahn a connoisseur of?
(a) Art.
(b) Fine food and drink.
(c) Wine.
(d) Snowboarding.

8. Where is Mr. Spinell introduced to the Kloterjahns?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) At breakfast their second day.
(c) In the sitting room.
(d) At dinner their first day.

9. How does Mr. Spinell respond to Mrs. Kloterjahn's comments about his sleeping habits?
(a) That he is actually by nature a late sleeper.
(b) That he is an insomniac.
(c) That he loves to greet the sunrise.
(d) That he is very self-disciplined.

10. What does Mrs. Kloterjahn say to Mr. Spinell about his sleeping habits?
(a) That he is a late riser.
(b) That he sleeps too much.
(c) That he is an insomniac.
(d) That he is an early riser.

11. Where does the writer display his book?
(a) On his bedside table.
(b) In the sitting room at Einfried.
(c) He doesn’t, it sits in his closet.
(d) On a table in his room.

12. What is Mrs. Kloterjahn’s first name?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Maria.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Gabriele.

13. What did Mrs. Kloterjahn’s former doctor forbid her from doing?
(a) Clearing her throat.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Walking our of doors.

14. Where does Mrs. Kloterjahn sit most days?
(a) In the sitting room.
(b) Outside in the snow.
(c) In Mrs. Spatz’s room.
(d) In her room.

15. What jewelry is Mrs. Kloterjahn wearing?
(a) A gold necklace with a pendant.
(b) A brooch.
(c) None.
(d) A simple wedding ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a patient dies at the sanitarium?

2. How many books has the writer written?

3. Who is Mrs. Hohlenrauch?

4. Why does Mr. Spinell say that he is really at Einfried?

5. How is the director of the sanitarium described?

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