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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the writer’s name described as sounding like?
(a) A country.
(b) A mineral or precious stone.
(c) A medicine.
(d) A kind of food.

2. How does Mrs. Kloterjahn feel about her husband?
(a) She finds him tiresome.
(b) She is indifferent to him.
(c) She is devoted to him.
(d) She hates him.

3. How does Dr. Leander feel about Mr. Spinell?
(a) He doesn’t like him very much.
(b) He likes his writing but not the man.
(c) He admires him.
(d) He is indifferent to him.

4. Who came to greet the Kloterjahns when they arrived?
(a) Several patients.
(b) Miss van Osterloh and Dr. Leander.
(c) Dr. Muller.
(d) No one.

5. What was prescribed for Mrs. Kloterjahn's cough?
(a) A trip to the seaside.
(b) Bloodletting.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Morphine.

6. What kind of book did the writer write?
(a) A novel.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) A travel book.
(d) A collection of short stories.

7. Who is the one woman Mr. Spinell says he could look at forever?
(a) Gabriele Kloterjahn.
(b) Mrs. Spatz.
(c) Miss van Osterloh.
(d) Mrs. Hohlenrauch.

8. When does the writer become exuberant?
(a) When something makes him laugh.
(b) When he sees something beautiful.
(c) When he is out of doors.
(d) When he reads.

9. How is the sitting room at Einfried described?
(a) Small and cool.
(b) Spacious and well furnished, with white French doors.
(c) Always too hot.
(d) Dark and quiet, with blue French doors.

10. What is the name of Mr. Kloterjahn’s business?
(a) Kloterjahn Wholesale.
(b) Kloterjahn Shipping.
(c) A. Kloterjahn.
(d) A.C. Kloterjahn & Co.

11. What is the writer’s personality like?
(a) Inscrutable.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Rude.
(d) Unsociable.

12. What does Mrs. Kloterjahn say to Mr. Spinell about his sleeping habits?
(a) That he sleeps too much.
(b) That he is an insomniac.
(c) That he is an early riser.
(d) That he is a late riser.

13. What did Mrs. Kloterjahn’s former doctor forbid her from doing?
(a) Talking.
(b) Walking our of doors.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Clearing her throat.

14. Why does Mr. Spinell choose to look at beautiful women in the way that he does?
(a) He is afraid of rejection.
(b) He has a fear of eye contact with strangers.
(c) He is afraid of reality.
(d) He is color blind.

15. How does Mr. Spinell react to Gabriele?
(a) He is confused by her.
(b) He is immediately devoted to her.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) He shies away from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Mr. Kloterjahn stay at Einfried?

2. How does Mrs. Kloterjahn get on with the other patients in general?

3. How is Mrs. Kloterjahn described?

4. What was Mrs. Kloterjahn's first symptom?

5. How do the other patients react to Mrs. Kloterjahn?

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