View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What color is Mrs. Kloterjahn’s hair?
(a) Dark brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Light brown.

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

5. Who does Gabriele joke that Mr. Spinell must mean when he says he could look at one particular woman forever?
(a) Herself.
(b) Mrs. Hohlenrauch.
(c) Miss van Osterloh.
(d) Mrs. Spatz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the sitting room at Einfried described?

2. How old is the Kloterjahns' son?

3. What is the Kloterjahns' son’s name?

4. What kind of book did the writer write?

5. Where is Mr. Spinell introduced to the Kloterjahns?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when a patient dies?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 513 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample