A Country Doctor Quizzes

A Country Doctor Quiz 1

1 Where was Franz Kafka born?
Prague

Vienna

London

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

Absurdity

The supernatural

Dialogue
3 What did profession did Kakfa study to perform?
Painter

Doctor

Lawyer

Writer
4 What is Kafka's most famous text?
The Castle

A Country Doctor

Crime and Punishment

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

Tuberculosis

Cancer

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

The groom

The patient

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

First person

Third person

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

The road to the patient's house

The patient's house

The carriage
9 Why does the doctor kick the side of the pigsty?
He does not know where his servant is.

He does not think he will find a horse.

He is testing the strength of the wood.

He is upset that his night bell rang.
10 What is the result of the doctor kicking the pigsty?
The pigsty collapses.

A groom emerges on all fours.

The pigs run away.

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

Speaks in riddles

Assaults Rosa

Insults the doctor
12 Why can't the doctor save Rosa?
The doctor is not strong enough.

The doctor does not care about Rosa.

The horses run away too quickly.

The groom has already gotten inside the house.
13 What is strange about the journey to the patient's house?
There are people staring at the doctor on the road.

The patient's house is gone when the doctor arrives.

The doctor arrives there immediately.

The horses are afraid to make the journey.
14 What does the patient's father do for the doctor?
Offers him a glass of rum

Offers to let him stay the night

Holds his instruments

Takes off his coat
15 Who is the patient?
A young man

A little boy

An elderly man

The doctor's brother
16 What is the doctor's initial conclusion about the patient?
He is healthy.

He is bleeding to death.

He is dying of cancer.

He is going blind.
17 What does the patient ask the doctor to do?
Stay the night

Save his life

Lay down next to him

Let him die
18 Why does the doctor realize the patient is actually unwell?
The patient's father asks the doctor to take another look.

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

The patient coughs.

The patient cannot talk.
19 From what ailment is the patient suffering?
A massive wound

Flesh-eating bacteria

Tuberculosis

A heart problem
20 What does the family do once the doctor realizes the patient is dying?
Asks the doctor to leave

Gives the patient a bath

Undresses the doctor

Prepares dinner
21 How does the doctor describe the patient's injury?
A flower

A boil

A bite

A light
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

He does not remember.

Through the window

The horses break through the door of the house.
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 imagining his experience.

He is going to die.

He is a bad doctor.

He will return home to free Rosa.

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...

Asked by haifa m #1114178

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