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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who slams the door behind Hans' back?
(a) Dr. Behrens.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Dr. Krokowski.
(d) He cannot see who does it.

2. What kind of situations does Hans do best with?
(a) Those connected to romance.
(b) Those connected to nothing.
(c) Those connected to death.
(d) Those connected to the future.

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

4. Who visits Hans in Chapter 5 as Hans daydreams about Clavdia?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Dr. Behrens.
(d) Clavdia.

5. Who does the object of Hans' hallucination remind him of?
(a) Dr. Behrens.
(b) Hans.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Clavdia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hans Castorp ride to ascend the Alps?

2. What does Hans tell Joachim is really his element?

3. Whose glance distracts Hans near the end of Chapter 4?

4. Who refers to the written word as "the bearer of the human intellect"?

5. What is removed during meals and at night?

(see the answer key)

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