The Magic Mountain | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. What does Hans Castorp ride to ascend the Alps?

2. What makes Hans dizzy in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Hans first arrive in Chapter 1?

4. What is the relationship between Hans and Joachim?

5. What does Joachim say is different in the mountains?

6. What does Joachim call the spectum bottle that most Berghof patients carry?

7. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?

8. Whose sickly cough horrifies Hans?

9. Who expresses satisfaction that Hans has come to the Berghof?

10. What does Hans turn the conversation toward on his first day at the Berghof?

11. Whose comical mispronunciations provide endless amusement?

12. Who...
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