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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?
(a) Her impatience with life.
(b) Her attraction to men.
(c) Her insecurity about her appearance.
(d) Her deceptive nature.

2. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, which of the following gave humans tremendous power through their use?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Languages.
(c) Guides.
(d) Machines.

3. When her friendship with Ulrich escalated, which of the following types of intimacy developed between them in Chapter 12?
(a) Open.
(b) Forbidden.
(c) Desired.
(d) Spiritual.

4. Which of the following groups of writers shared the same literary lineage with Musil?
(a) Goethe, Marx, and Whitmore.
(b) Spencer, Wordsworth, and Shakespeare.
(c) Tolstoy, Balzac, and Dostoevsky.
(d) Milton, Yeats, and Balzac.

5. Where did Musil end up living later in life?
(a) Austria.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of communication did Ulrich find among the people whom he studied and worked with in Chapter 10?

2. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?

3. What kind of woman was Ulrich's rescuer?

4. Where did Musil relocate when the Nazis' power grew?

5. Why was Ulrich in a mess in Chapter 6?

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