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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. At the beginning of the book, when Aschenbach encounters the man at the chapel, what does their interaction consists of?
(a) Lively conversation.
(b) Silence.
(c) Complimenting.
(d) Heckling.

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

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

4. What author does Aschenbach reference to describe his physical health?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Cicero.

5. Aschenbach's childhood is characterized by _______.
(a) Abuse.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aschenbach's work ethic could be called _________.

2. What makes Aschenbach pull back from his daydream?

3. What season is it at the beginning of "Death In Venice?"

4. How does Aschenbach dress?

5. What is the purpose of Part Two of "Death In Venice?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the dream that Aschenbach has add to how the reader sees his transformation?

2. How much of Part One is either unspoken or indirect direction?

3. What were Aschenbach's parent's professions and how have they influenced Achenbach?

4. How does Aschenbach see Tadzio? What does he compare Tadzio to?

5. Why does Aschenbach decide to stay? What does this decision mean in terms of a change in Aschenbach?

6. What does the narrator speculate is the reason for Aschenbach's failure to approach Tadzio?

7. What are Aschenbach's feelings and justifications of his transformation at the beginning of Part Five?

8. How does Aschenbach's vision of Socrates and Phaedrus translate to him and Tadzio?

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

10. Why does Aschenbach watch Tadzio?

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