A Country Doctor Quizzes

A Country Doctor Quiz 1

1 Where was Franz Kafka born?
Prague

Berlin

Vienna

London
2 Which of these is a common occurrence in Kafka's writing?
Happy endings

Dialogue

The supernatural

Absurdity
3 What did profession did Kakfa study to perform?
Writer

Painter

Lawyer

Doctor
4 What is Kafka's most famous text?
The Metamorphosis

The Castle

Crime and Punishment

A Country Doctor
5 From what illness did Kafka die?
Small pox

Cancer

Heart disease

Tuberculosis
6 Who is the narrator of "A Country Doctor?"
The doctor

The groom

An omniscient unnamed narrator

The patient
7 From what perspective is the short story written?
Omniscient

First person

Third person

Second person
8 Where does the story begin?
The carriage

The road to the patient's house

The patient's house

The doctor's house
9 Why does the doctor kick the side of the pigsty?
He is upset that his night bell rang.

He does not know where his servant is.

He is testing the strength of the wood.

He does not think he will find a horse.
10 What is the result of the doctor kicking the pigsty?
The pigsty collapses.

The pigs run away.

A groom emerges on all fours.

His servant screams.
11 What does the groom do that upsets the doctor?
Whips the horses

Speaks in riddles

Insults the doctor

Assaults Rosa
12 Why can't the doctor save Rosa?
The horses run away too quickly.

The doctor is not strong enough.

The doctor does not care about Rosa.

The groom has already gotten inside the house.
13 What is strange about the journey to the patient's house?
The horses are afraid to make the journey.

The doctor arrives there immediately.

There are people staring at the doctor on the road.

The patient's house is gone when the doctor arrives.
14 What does the patient's father do for the doctor?
Offers him a glass of rum

Holds his instruments

Offers to let him stay the night

Takes off his coat
15 Who is the patient?
The doctor's brother

An elderly man

A little boy

A young man
16 What is the doctor's initial conclusion about the patient?
He is healthy.

He is going blind.

He is bleeding to death.

He is dying of cancer.
17 What does the patient ask the doctor to do?
Lay down next to him

Stay the night

Let him die

Save his life
18 Why does the doctor realize the patient is actually unwell?
The patient coughs.

He sees the patient's sister has a bloody cloth.

The patient cannot talk.

The patient's father asks the doctor to take another look.
19 From what ailment is the patient suffering?
Flesh-eating bacteria

A massive wound

Tuberculosis

A heart problem
20 What does the family do once the doctor realizes the patient is dying?
Prepares dinner

Gives the patient a bath

Undresses the doctor

Asks the doctor to leave
21 How does the doctor describe the patient's injury?
A flower

A boil

A light

A bite
22 What does the doctor hear as he lays next to the patient?
Singing

Fighting

The wind

The patient coughing
23 How does the doctor escape?
He does not remember.

The horses break through the door of the house.

With Rosa's help

Through the window
24 Which of these problems occurs after the doctor makes his escape?
It is freezing outside.

The horses are too slow.

He cannot reach his coat.

All of these
25 What does the ending of the story imply about the doctor's fate?
He is going to die.

He will return home to free Rosa.

He is a bad doctor.

He is imagining his experience.

Why do people have a fever, and how do they cure it?

When the doctor arrives to the house of his patient, he finds a bad-ridden boy who appears to be fine. He has no fever. The boy complains of pain and begs the doctor to let him die. Later the doctor discovers, his patient has a massive wound on...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/21/2021 10:50 AM