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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of beast does the Colonel call Strickland?
(a) Soulless.
(b) Heartless.
(c) Brainless.
(d) Fingerless.

2. What does Rose tell the author Charles Strickland has done?
(a) Beat his wife.
(b) Killed himself.
(c) Runaway.
(d) Committed a murder.

3. What is Mrs. Stroeve mending?
(a) Dirk's pants.
(b) Dirk's overcoat.
(c) A cushion.
(d) Her stockings.

4. What university is Mrs. Strickland's son studying at?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Winchester.

5. What philosopher does the author mention in this section?
(a) Kant.
(b) Kierkgaard.
(c) Russell.
(d) Goethe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Crabbe decide to live in five years later?

2. What does Crabbe begin to write?

3. What word does the author use to describe the Stricklands?

4. What does Crabbe say he can't stomach about Stroeve?

5. What does Strickland ask Dirk to get for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Strickland think he can become a successful painter?

2. Why does Strickland say he is looking forward to painting the plumber?

3. How does Mrs. Strickland help Crabbe?

4. How does the author describe Strickland's appearance?

5. Why does Dirk say he can't get into his apartment?

6. How does Mrs. Strickland express her disgust for her husband by the way she brings up her daughter?

7. What does Strickland say he has been doing for the previous five years?

8. How do Crabbe and Dirk get Strickland out of his apartment?

9. Describe Strickland's job as a tour guide?

10. How do Crabbe and Dirk find Strickland?

(see the answer keys)

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