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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Fragments: "Brunelda's Departure," "At a street corner Karl saw..." and "They traveled for two days...".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Karl from escaping when he is sent inside to prepare Brunelda's bed for the night?
(a) Delamarche goes inside and keep watch.
(b) Karl does not know how to get out of the building.
(c) The apartment door is locked.
(d) Robinson is asleep in front of the door.

2. What does it mean that the head waiter has a "choleric" temperament?
(a) He is cold and cynical.
(b) He has a hot temper.
(c) He processes information slowly.
(d) He is easily confused.

3. What does the civilian man with the bamboo stick keep looking at and then looking at Karl?
(a) The captain's sword.
(b) The window.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A photograph.

4. How long does it take Karl to bring Brunelda down the stairs?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 5.5 hours.

5. What is implied by Karl's reaction to the poster advertising jobs?
(a) He is eager to get away from city life.
(b) He is very hungry and tired.
(c) He feels ashamed of the work he has been doing.
(d) There are some kinds of work he still refuses to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karl decide is the way to satisfy Brunelda and Delamarche?

2. When Robinson appears at the hotel, what does Karl see sticking out of Robinson's pocket?

3. During the dinner with Pollunder and Green, what is their treatment of Karl compared to?

4. After dinner, what does Karl realize he finds incomprehensible?

5. Why does Delamarche say that the neighborhood he is currently living in is ideal?

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