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

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

3. How does the writer react to Mr. Kloterjahn's action in Chapter 3?
(a) He looks disgusted.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He confronts him.
(d) He looks confused.

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

5. How does Mr. Spinell respond to Gabriele's joke in Chapter 6?
(a) He leaves the room.
(b) He laughs freely.
(c) He laughs uncomfortably.
(d) He stays silent but bows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many books has the writer written?

2. What disease is primarily treated at the sanitarium?

3. How does Mrs. Kloterjahn feel about her husband?

4. How long does Mr. Kloterjahn stay at Einfried?

5. Where is Mrs. Kloterjahn from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Kloterjahn seem to feel about Mr. Spinell?

2. When is Mr. Spinell sociable?

3. What happens when a patient dies?

4. How does Mr. Spinell act towards Gabriele Kloterjahn?

5. Why does Mr. Spinell say that he is staying at Einfried?

6. Why does Mr. Spinell look at beautiful women out of the corner of his eye?

7. What seems to be Dr. Leander’s opinion of Mr. Spinell?

8. How do we know that Mr. Kloterjahn is an Anglophile?

9. What does Mr. Spinell spend most of his time doing?

10. Why doesn’t the sanitarium restrict its business to consumptive patients?

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