A Country Doctor Quizzes

A Country Doctor Quiz 1

1 Where was Franz Kafka born?
Vienna

Berlin

London

Prague
2 Which of these is a common occurrence in Kafka's writing?
Absurdity

Happy endings

Dialogue

The supernatural
3 What did profession did Kakfa study to perform?
Painter

Writer

Doctor

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

A Country Doctor

Crime and Punishment

The Castle
5 From what illness did Kafka die?
Heart disease

Tuberculosis

Small pox

Cancer
6 Who is the narrator of "A Country Doctor?"
The groom

The patient

The doctor

An omniscient unnamed narrator
7 From what perspective is the short story written?
Third person

First person

Second person

Omniscient
8 Where does the story begin?
The patient's house

The road to the patient's house

The doctor's house

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

He is testing the strength of the wood.

He does not know where his servant is.

He does not think he will find a horse.
10 What is the result of the doctor kicking the pigsty?
A groom emerges on all fours.

His servant screams.

The pigsty collapses.

The pigs run away.
11 What does the groom do that upsets the doctor?
Insults the doctor

Whips the horses

Assaults Rosa

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

The doctor is not strong enough.

The groom has already gotten inside the house.

The doctor does not care about Rosa.
13 What is strange about the journey to the patient's house?
The patient's house is gone when the doctor arrives.

The horses are afraid to make the journey.

The doctor arrives there immediately.

There are people staring at the doctor on the road.
14 What does the patient's father do for the doctor?
Takes off his coat

Holds his instruments

Offers him a glass of rum

Offers to let him stay the night
15 Who is the patient?
A little boy

A young man

The doctor's brother

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

He is bleeding to death.

He is going blind.

He is dying of cancer.
17 What does the patient ask the doctor to do?
Save his life

Let him die

Lay down next to him

Stay the night
18 Why does the doctor realize the patient is actually unwell?
He sees the patient's sister has a bloody cloth.

The patient's father asks the doctor to take another look.

The patient coughs.

The patient cannot talk.
19 From what ailment is the patient suffering?
A heart problem

Flesh-eating bacteria

A massive wound

Tuberculosis
20 What does the family do once the doctor realizes the patient is dying?
Gives the patient a bath

Prepares dinner

Asks the doctor to leave

Undresses the doctor
21 How does the doctor describe the patient's injury?
A boil

A flower

A light

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

The patient coughing

The wind

Singing
23 How does the doctor escape?
With Rosa's help

The horses break through the door of the house.

He does not remember.

Through the window
24 Which of these problems occurs after the doctor makes his escape?
The horses are too slow.

It is freezing outside.

He cannot reach his coat.

All of these
25 What does the ending of the story imply about the doctor's fate?
He will return home to free Rosa.

He is going to die.

He is imagining his experience.

He is a bad doctor.

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