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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Chapter I, "The Stoker".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Amerika?
(a) Hermann Hesse.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Günter Grass.
(d) Thomas Mann.

2. How does Schubal say he found out that the stoker was in the office complaining about him?
(a) He was passing by the office and heard the stoker yelling.
(b) A passenger called "Butterbaum" told him.
(c) One of the women from the kitchen told him.
(d) The attendant came to fetch him.

3. What does the stoker suggest that Karl should do with his life?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Go back to Europe.
(c) Join a trade union.
(d) Find work out West.

4. What has the servant woman named the child that she alleges Karl fathered?
(a) Karl.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Lisel.

5. Which detail most clearly supports the idea that the stoker is nervous about going to the office?
(a) The way he grabs Karl's hand to pull him out the door.
(b) His remarks to Line in the kitchen.
(c) His attempt to kick the rat in the corridor.
(d) The picture he takes from the wall and puts in his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Karl steps out onto the stairs leading into the smaller boat that will take him to shore?

2. According to the stoker, when is it most likely that a person would become a stoker?

3. When Schubal enters the office, what is he wearing?

4. What are the "gilded caryatids" on the door outside the office (10)?

5. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?

(see the answer key)

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