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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Holy See?
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Berlin
(d) Warsaw

2. Who lives at Bamboo Grove?
(a) Knecht
(b) The Magister
(c) The Music Master
(d) Elder Brother

3. What is the only way to learn the Glass Bead Game?
(a) Reading the rules
(b) Years of experience
(c) Talking to players
(d) Learning music

4. What kind of life do people from the Order live?
(a) A sociable life
(b) A monastic life
(c) A luxury life
(d) A noble life

5. Who does Designori say he won a struggle with?
(a) His father
(b) The headmaster
(c) The Magister
(d) Knecht

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement does the beginning of the Galss Bead Game go back to?

2. What is the real name of the current deputy?

3. What kind of exercise did the Glass Bead Game start off as?

4. What subject does the author say the Glass Bead game is tied up with?

5. Which of Knecht's friends does the new Music Master have on his staff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Knecht like the Glass Bead game?

2. How did the Glass Bead Game originate?

3. Why does Knecht have mixed feelings about leaving Tegularius?

4. How does the author define the modern biographies?

5. What does the author know about Knecht's early life?

6. What kind of essay is Life?

7. How does Knecht's life change after the visit from the Music Master?

8. Describe Knecht's early schooling?

9. What is Knecht's only restriction during free study?

10. What does the author say most biographies are?

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