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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Musil relocate when the Nazis' power grew?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Austria.

2. To which of the following did Ulrich compare the effects of the defendant in Chapter 31?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A priest.
(d) A broker.

3. Where did Ulrich travel in Chapter 21?
(a) To Prague.
(b) To Liege.
(c) To Australia.
(d) To France.

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

5. With whom did Ulrich discuss the crime in Chapter 30?
(a) Arnheim.
(b) Clarisse.
(c) Moosbrugger.
(d) Bonadea.

6. In Chapter 6, who found Ulrich in a dreadful condition and sent him home in a cab?
(a) A woman.
(b) A fireman.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A priest.

7. 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.

8. For which of the following did Diotoma carry the proverbial torch in Chapter 26?
(a) For the Political Campaign.
(b) For the Cultural Campaign.
(c) For the Species Campaign.
(d) For the Collateral Campaign.

9. What trait of a married woman was under discussion in Chapter 25?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her choice.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her role.

10. Which of the following types of commoner was Diotoma's husband?
(a) Lowest.
(b) Highest.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Everyday.

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

12. What did Ulrich do to the woman in Chapter 12?
(a) Flattered her.
(b) Pushed her.
(c) Criticized her.
(d) Pulled her away.

13. Which of the following did the Northern Europeans lack in terms of literature?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Sturm und Drang.
(c) Gothic literature.
(d) Romanticism.

14. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?
(a) Death.
(b) Temporary nature.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Predation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Musil born?

2. What affair ended in Chapter 33?

3. Whom of the following was Ulrich curious about in order to understand what a man of importance was like?

4. Whose sanity was under question in Chapter 32?

5. What was one of the country's characteristics that had changed that Ulrich noticed in Chapter 21?

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