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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his walk, what does Aschenbach pass?
(a) A stoneyard with gravestones for sale.
(b) A garden.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) A statue.

2. What is the weather on this first day in the novella?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Dark and cloudy.
(c) Raining.
(d) Warm and sunny.

3. What makes Aschenbach pull back from his daydream?
(a) Diligence in work.
(b) Dissatisfaction with his imagination.
(c) He becomes tired.
(d) Fear of judgement.

4. What season is it at the beginning of "Death In Venice?"
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

5. Usually Aschenbach feels ________ at his summer house.
(a) Productive.
(b) Ill.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Lonely.

6. Where does Aschenbach live?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Munich.
(d) Moscow.

7. What does Aschenbach chronically suffer from?
(a) Bad health.
(b) Gullibility.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Psychosis.

8. When Aschenbach returns to the chapel at the end of his walk, the man has ___________.
(a) Struck up a discussion wth another man.
(b) Disappeared.
(c) Changed his clothes.
(d) Begun praying.

9. In Part Two, Aschenbach no longer feels _____ with his work.
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Proud.
(d) Satisfied.

10. What did Aschenbach want but never get?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A brother.
(c) A wife.
(d) A son.

11. Aschenbach has always led a(n) _____ life.
(a) Exciting.
(b) Average.
(c) Adventuresome.
(d) Solitary.

12. The man at the chapel has _____ teeth.
(a) Yellow.
(b) Missing.
(c) White.
(d) No.

13. When Aschenbach pulls back from his daydream, it shows his reluctance to follow ______.
(a) Other's direction.
(b) Societal standards.
(c) His impulses.
(d) His parents' advise.

14. How does Aschenbach dress?
(a) Fashionable.
(b) Clean-cut.
(c) Eccentric.
(d) Sloppy.

15. What characterized Aschenbach in his youth?
(a) All of these.
(b) Talented.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Isolated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What province is Aschenbach from?

2. How long has Aschenbach been sick?

3. The man at the chapel carries a _______.

4. Aschenbach has a _______ complexion.

5. How aware is Aschenbach of his own mortality?

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