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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Dietzenhof change after marrying Kekesfalva?
2. How does Ilona initially react to seeing Hofmiller in the street after he does not appear for dinner as has become his custom?
3. What is Hofmiller's first impression of Dr. Condor?
4. What does Hofmiller do when he arrives at the castle and finds Edith sleeping on the terrace?
5. Why does Hofmiller try to keep his two worlds - his life in the military and his relationship with the Kekesfalva family - separate from each other?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the reasons Hofmiller finds himself gaining greater self confidence during his second evening in the Kekesfalva home?
2. What is Dr. Condor's initial assessment of Edith's current medical condition?
3. What does Hofmiller mean when he says that everything that happens in the book began with a blunder?
4. Why do you think Edith flies into a rage when Josef, the butler, comes to take her for her exercises?
5. Describe how Kekesfalva got off on the wrong foot with Dietzenhof when they first met.
6. How does learning about his past affect Hofmiller's feelings about Kekesfalva?
7. How does Hofmiller realize that the pity he feels for Edith is already beginning to poison him?
8. Although Hofmiller finds himself enjoying his new sense of power and the comfort of being with with the Kekesfalva family, what keeps him from enjoying those feelings completely?
9. How does Hofmiller's report to Kekesfalva differ from the actual information he was given by Dr. Condor?
10. Why does Hofmiller attach so much importance to Kekesfalva's request that he speak to Dr. Condor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edith is a very complex character and often behaves in contradictory ways. Discuss some of those contradictions, including how she seems to feel and behave with regard to her disability and her feelings toward Hofmiller.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how Hofmiller's sense of responsibility impacts his actions and the fate of the Kekesfalva family. How does he come to feel increasingly responsible for Edith and her family? How does he handle that responsibility?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, it is clear that Hofmiller is desperately concerned with how other people perceive him. Identify three specific examples of this and write about how each example directly affects the book's plot. How might things have turned out differently if Hofmiller had not been so concerned with appearances?
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