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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who thinks that music can perform the reasonable function of measuring time?
(a) Naphta.
(b) Settembrini.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Hans.

2. What is the relationship between Hans and Joachim?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are friends.
(d) They do not know each other.

3. What causes Hans' temperature to decline in Chapter 5?
(a) A successful attempt to get Clavdia's attention.
(b) An argument with Dr. Krokowski.
(c) A failed attempt to get Clavdia's attention.
(d) An extended illness.

4. Where does Hans go on Monday in Chapter 4?
(a) The dining hall.
(b) A long hike in the mountains.
(c) Home.
(d) Davos.

5. What is removed during meals and at night?
(a) Corpses.
(b) Newborn babies.
(c) Unruly patients.
(d) Newlywed couples.

6. Who does Settembrini flirt with at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Frau Stohr.
(b) Clavdia Chauchat.
(c) A village girl.
(d) No one.

7. What happens when Hans stops by a brook?
(a) He cries.
(b) He trips and falls.
(c) He nearly drowns.
(d) He suffers a nosebleed.

8. What did Hans finally get the nerve to do after observing the object of his hallucination for nearly a year?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Ask her on a date.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Borrow a mechanical pencil.

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

10. Where does Hans walk after first breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) Town.
(b) To Joachim's room.
(c) To a lecture.
(d) A mountain path.

11. Whose glance distracts Hans near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Joachim's.
(b) Dr. Behrens'.
(c) Dr. Krokowski's.
(d) Clavdia's.

12. What causes Hans to hallucinate in Chapter 4?
(a) Drug use.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Lack of sleep.
(d) Blood loss.

13. What do Joachim and Settembrini agree that music can awaken?
(a) The soul.
(b) The heart.
(c) The body.
(d) The intellect.

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

15. What is the name of the private nurse whom Hans meets in Chapter 4?
(a) Behrens.
(b) Sister Berta.
(c) Frau Stohr.
(d) Clavdia Chauchat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Hans feel healthy?

3. What does the whistler use to whistle?

4. What does Chapter 2 detail?

5. Who states that there is something edifying about death?

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