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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. How many books has the writer written?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty.

2. Mr. Spinell seems afraid of…
(a) Dr. Leander.
(b) Mr. Kloterjahn.
(c) Tiring or annoying Gabriele.
(d) The treatments at Einfried.

3. How many children do the Kloterjahns have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

4. When did Mrs. Kloterjahn first become ill?
(a) While she was pregnant.
(b) After the birth of their son.
(c) After the wedding.
(d) After her father died.

5. What does the writer see Mr. Kloterjahn doing?
(a) Flirting with a chambermaid.
(b) Crying over his wife’s bed.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Yelling at another patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the writer’s physical appearance described?

2. What was Einfried before it became a sanitarium?

3. What is the name of the sanitarium?

4. Who is the director of the sanitarium?

5. Who becomes Mrs. Kloterjahn’s mentor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Spinell say that he is hypocritical?

2. How is it obvious that Mrs. Kloterjahn is devoted to Mr. Kloterjahn?

3. Why has one of the other patients nicknamed Mr. Spinell the “Rotten Infant”?

4. What is the one imperfection in Gabriele Kloterjahn’s face?

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

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

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

8. Why is the word “trachea” comforting when the doctor says it?

9. When is Mr. Spinell sociable?

10. Why is Miss van Osterloh said to feel reproachful towards men?

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