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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. What title does Karl's uncle Jakob hold?
(a) He is an earl.
(b) He is a United States Congressman.
(c) He is a baron.
(d) He is a state senator.

2. What sign does Karl notice that causes him to feel he needs to intervene in the stoker's explanation?
(a) The men in the office are growing restless.
(b) The attendant has gone out to fetch someone.
(c) The stoker is becoming too upset to continue speaking.
(d) The captain's face is starting to look angry.

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

4. Before Karl will enter the stoker's room, what information does he ask the stoker for?
(a) His occupation.
(b) His religion.
(c) His nationality.
(d) His name.

5. What item from his trunk does Karl think of giving to the stoker?
(a) A pair of woolen socks.
(b) A piece of salami.
(c) A cat's eye marble.
(d) A 10 Pfennig coin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stoker's job?

2. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?

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

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

5. Which word best characterizes the stoker's explanation to the captain of his grievances against Schubal?

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