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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Spinell write is his reason for writing a letter in Chapter 10?
(a) He enjoys writing letters.
(b) He feels compelled to write it.
(c) Someone asked him to write it.
(d) He is bored and has nothing better to do.

2. How does Mr. Kloterjahn characterize Mr. Spinell’s letter?
(a) Enchanting.
(b) Idiotic.
(c) Rude.
(d) Funny.

3. How does Mr. Spinell feel about the infant he sees from his window?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Happy.
(d) Charmed.

4. Who does Mr. Spinell credit with having brought beauty back into Gabriele’s life?
(a) Her father.
(b) Mrs. Spatz.
(c) Himself.
(d) Gabriele herself.

5. Why did Gabriele’s father eventually let her marry Mr. Kloterjahn?
(a) He needed a rich son-in-law.
(b) He was sick of having her around the house.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) Because she really wanted to.

6. What scene does Mr. Spinell describe in his letter?
(a) That of his own childhood.
(b) That of Mr. and Mrs. Kloterjahn’s wedding.
(c) That of Gabriele playing Tristan und Isolde for him.
(d) That of Gabriele and her friends by the fountain in her garden.

7. When does Gabriele say that she found happiness?
(a) When she got married.
(b) When she came to the sanitarium.
(c) When she played the piano.
(d) When she gave birth to her son.

8. How does Mr. Spinell confess that he feels about Mr. Kloterjahn and his son?
(a) He loves them.
(b) He despises them.
(c) He hates them but does not despise them.
(d) He is indifferent to them.

9. Why doesn’t Mr. Kloterjahn do what he wants to do to Mr. Spinell in Chapter 11?
(a) It is against his values.
(b) It is against the law.
(c) Gabriele would be upset.
(d) He doesn’t want to hurt Mr. Spinell’s feelings.

10. What is the person that Mr. Spinell sees on his walk doing in Chapter 12?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Squealing.
(c) Laughing with joy.
(d) Crying.

11. Why does the person who interrupts Mr. Kloterjahn and Mr. Spinell in Chapter 11 do so?
(a) Gabriele is asking for Mr. Spinell.
(b) Gabriele has taken a turn for the worse.
(c) Gabriele is asking for her husband.
(d) She wants to borrow a book.

12. What does the pianist play in Chapter 8?
(a) Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman.
(b) Wagner’s Lohengrin.
(c) Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde.
(d) Wagner’s Die Hochzeit.

13. Who chooses not to participate in the activity Dr. Leander plans?
(a) Dr. Muller and Dr. Leander.
(b) Dr. Leander and Mr. Kloterjahn.
(c) Mrs. Kloterjahn and Mr. Spinell.
(d) Mr. Kloterjahn and Mr. Spinell.

14. Who does Mr. Spinell see as he walks in Chapter 12?
(a) Baby Anton with his nanny.
(b) Gabriele.
(c) Mr. Kloterjahn.
(d) Dr. Leander and Dr. Muller talking.

15. What does Mr. Spinell do after hearing the person he sees on his walk laugh in Chapter 12?
(a) Picks up the baby.
(b) Sighs.
(c) Turns and walks away.
(d) Goes to get Mr. Kloterjahn.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mr. Spinell, what affect did Mr. Kloterjahn have on the scene described in his letter?

2. What activity does Dr. Leander have planned for the patients in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Mr. Kloterjahn call Mr. Spinell a coward?

4. How is Mr. Spinell’s room at Einfried described?

5. How is Gabriele’s health by Chapter 7?

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