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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Chapter 88 - 91.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What approach does the individual funding the project in Chapter 84 choose not to employ?
(a) Using his involvement in the project to boost his political career.
(b) Funding the project with all of his own money.
(c) An interdenominational establishment.
(d) Asking aristocrats for charitable donations.

2. How are Arnheim and Diotima's activities viewed in Chapter 89?
(a) They are looked down upon by the higher classes.
(b) They are viewed as being unintentionally presumptuous.
(c) They are resented by the lower classes.
(d) They are viewed as appropriate and effective.

3. What was the General's attitude toward his job as time went on?
(a) He became disillusioned with the reality of military life.
(b) He still enjoyed his work and cared a great deal about his performance.
(c) He became hungry for power as time went on.
(d) He held on to it, not out of any real interest, but for the sake of job security.

4. To what type of individual does the author compare the General to describe his attitude toward his work?
(a) A young man who inherits his father's business.
(b) A field laborer who knows no other work.
(c) An ambitious politician.
(d) A well-supported wife of twenty or thirty years.

5. Why was the General promoted to staff officer?
(a) He showed himself to be extremely dedicated and patriotic.
(b) The others had noticed he was something of a philosopher.
(c) He went above and beyond the call of duty.
(d) He had military connections.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Diotima feel when the individual who received the invitation in Chapter 80 arrived at her home?

2. What was the topic of the letter that Clarisse wrote to Count Leinsdorf in Chapter 82?

3. What is mysterious about Diotima's invitation in Chapter 80?

4. What is Ulrich's relationship with Gerda, as described in Chapter 74?

5. What is the collective title for Arnheim and Diotima's activities?

(see the answer key)

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