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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Aschenbach takes his walk at the beginning of Part One, the streets of the city are _______.
(a) Crowded.
(b) Empty.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Silent.

2. What characterizes Aschenbach's daydream?
(a) Festive.
(b) Dismal.
(c) Horrifying.
(d) Exotic.

3. How does Aschenbach look, physically?
(a) Young.
(b) Deformed.
(c) Old.
(d) Handsome.

4. Aschenbach's belief system and opinions are_________.
(a) Rigid.
(b) Fickle.
(c) Lax.
(d) Religious.

5. What is the cause of Aschenbach's anxiety?
(a) The approaching war.
(b) His poverty.
(c) The death of a friend.
(d) His failure as a writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aschenbach chronically suffer from?

2. What is the cause of Aschenbach's sickness?

3. How does Aschenbach hide his loneliness?

4. On his walk, what does Aschenbach pass?

5. When Aschenbach returns to the chapel at the end of his walk, the man has ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you compare Aschenbach as a youth to the Aschenbach we meet in the beginning of the book?

2. Why does Aschenbach return to the chapel? What is he hoping for?

3. Does Aschenbach look at Tadzio analytically or with glorification?

4. What does Aschenbach's reluctance of his daydream say about the strength his usual mind-set has over him? What does this hold for the future?

5. Why does Aschenbach think he hesitated to approach Tadzio?

6. As Aschenbach is more and more obsessed with Tadzio, how does Aschenbach's writing now differ from before?

7. Why does Aschenbach smile at Tadzio when he sees him and his family at the end of Part Four? What does Aschenbach do after?

8. What benefit does Aschenbach believe he will gain from traveling? Why does he need this?

9. What is the daydream Aschenbach has after being inspired to travel? How does this further his desire to travel?

10. When Aschenbach sees the Polish boy in the hotel, what does he compare him to? Why?

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