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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?
(a) An Austrian horseman
(b) Clavdia Chauchat.
(c) His aunt.
(d) An American woman.

2. How does Hans describe the old woman in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) As beautiful.
(b) As hideous.
(c) As tragic-looking.
(d) He does not see an old woman.

3. What does Hans Castorp ride to ascend the Alps?
(a) His narrow-gauge railroad car.
(b) A boat.
(c) A ski-lift.
(d) The Berghof's personal plane.

4. What does Hans think about the portrait of his grandfather in his civic costume as town councilor?
(a) It is his real image.
(b) There is no such portrait.
(c) It makes him appear handsome.
(d) It is frightening.

5. What does the whistler's group call themselves?
(a) There is no group with the whistler.
(b) The Berghof Patience.
(c) The Half-Heart Gang.
(d) The Half-Lung Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Settembrini compare to Odysseus?

2. How should Hans live while is at the Berghof, according to Dr. Behrens?

3. What does Joachim call the spectum bottle that most Berghof patients carry?

4. Where do the cousins meet Settembrini?

5. How do the other patients react to Hans being whistle at?

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