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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. Why can’t Mr. Spinell describe the beautiful woman he saw?
(a) He doesn't know.
(b) He looked at her with his eyes nearly closed.
(c) He only looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
(d) He has a terrible memory.

2. Who is the second character introduced?
(a) A writer.
(b) Dr. Muller.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Miss van Osterloh.

3. How does Mrs. Kloterjahn get on with the other patients in general?
(a) They think she is silly.
(b) They are ambivalent.
(c) They don’t like her.
(d) They all like her.

4. What is the writer’s name described as sounding like?
(a) A kind of food.
(b) A mineral or precious stone.
(c) A medicine.
(d) A country.

5. What does Mr. Kloterjahn order to eat in Chapter 2?
(a) Coffee and buttered rolls.
(b) Hot cocoa and scones.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tea and bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mrs. Kloterjahn first become ill?

2. What color is Mrs. Kloterjahn’s hair?

3. What did Mrs. Kloterjahn’s former doctor forbid her from doing?

4. Where do the Kloterjahns live?

5. How does the writer react to Mr. Kloterjahn's action in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn’t Dr. Leander consult with Dr. Muller on Gabriele’s case?

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

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

4. Why is Mr. Kloterjahn grateful that his wife’s condition does not stem from the lungs?

5. What does the vein do to Gabriele Kloterjahn’s countenance?

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

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

8. Why does Gabriele Kloterjahn’s inspect her handkerchief after she clears her throat?

9. What is Mr. Spinell like when he is “sociable”?

10. Of what is Mr. Kloterjahn a connoisseur?

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