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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, which of the following did the narrator describe as a form of intimacy that was not right?
(a) Praying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Sex.

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

3. Which of the following did Musil write about as being affected by changes at the turn of the Century?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Writers.
(d) Populace.

4. Which of the following cultural groups was not popular in Europe?
(a) The Jewish.
(b) The Swedish.
(c) The German.
(d) The English.

5. Which of the following did the person whom Ulrich met leave him with in Chapter 20?
(a) A sense of hard work.
(b) A sense of laziness.
(c) A sense of humility.
(d) A sense of aristocracy.

6. How many people did Ulrich face in Chapter 6?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

7. Which of the following cases did Ulrich discuss with his acquaintance in Chapter 20?
(a) Lichendeit.
(b) Lowenstein.
(c) Lichendeit. Feudalist.
(d) Moosbrugger.

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

9. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?
(a) To offer his services for rescue work.
(b) Into the civil engineering field.
(c) Into the education field.
(d) To drama school.

10. What happened to Ulrich while he was out drinking in Chapter 1?
(a) He shattered the goblet from which he was drinking.
(b) He fell down.
(c) He was involved in an accident.
(d) He was mugged.

11. Which of the following was Robert Musil's nationality?
(a) Slovakian.
(b) Austrian.
(c) American.
(d) Czech.

12. Whom of the following did Ulrich visit in Chapter 21?
(a) Stallenbach.
(b) Leinsdorf.
(c) Nigel.
(d) Moosbrugger.

13. What did the judge state that the defendant did regularly with other people in Chapter 30?
(a) Deceived them.
(b) Blame them.
(c) Fight them.
(d) Steal from them.

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

15. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?
(a) That jobs in the field would open, and then close up.
(b) That more equipment would end up being broken than getting fixed.
(c) That it empowered and enslaved.
(d) That it led those in the profession to fight and then make peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Diotoma's husband?

2. Which of the following was the name of the affected party at the trial in Chapter 30?

3. Which of the following did Diotoma establish in Chapter 25?

4. What was the defendant on trial for in Chapter 30?

5. To which of the following did Ulrich compare the effects of the defendant in Chapter 31?

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