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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what is contrasted with music?
(a) Paintings.
(b) The spoken word.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The written word.

2. What does Hans' mother die from?
(a) An embolism.
(b) Flu.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

3. Why did the Catholic patient scream?
(a) Because he/she saw the priest arriving for last rites.
(b) Because he/she was in so much pain.
(c) He/she never screamed.
(d) Because he/she was not allowed to leave the Berghof.

4. What is the old woman doing at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Pacing in the garden.
(b) Sitting on a bench, gazing at the sky.
(c) Reading a book of poetry.
(d) Crying with her face in her hands.

5. Whose always-late, door-slamming entrances to the dining hall does Hans watch?
(a) Settembrini's.
(b) Joachim's.
(c) Clavdia's.
(d) Behrens'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period does Hans hallucinate about?

2. What is Hans' talent that allows him to move ahead in his education?

3. Whose sickly cough horrifies Hans?

4. Who is the executor of Hans' parents' estate?

5. Who says that work does not agree with him?

(see the answer key)

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