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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hans late for in Chapter 4?
(a) A date with Clavdia Chauchat.
(b) Dr. Krokowski's lecture.
(c) Dr. Behrens' lecture.
(d) A date with Frau Stohr.

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

3. How does Hans feel about his cigars losing their flavor?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Rejoiced.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Depressed.

4. What does Hans feel that Settembrini criticizes him for in Chapter 4?
(a) Loving Clavdia.
(b) Buying blankets.
(c) Being at the Berghof.
(d) He feels Joachim criticizes him, not Settembrini.

5. How does Hans feel about someone slamming the door behind his back?
(a) Amused.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Furious.

6. Who claims that he has never met a perfectly healthy person?
(a) Dr. Behrens.
(b) Dr. Krokowski.
(c) Clavdia.
(d) Joachim.

7. What does Dr. Krokowski lecture about in Chapter 4?
(a) Love.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Illness.
(d) Death.

8. Who refers to the written word as "the bearer of the human intellect"?
(a) Hans.
(b) Naphta.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Settembrini.

9. What is the old woman in black called?
(a) Frau Stohr.
(b) Madame Chauchat.
(c) Tous-les-deux.
(d) Dr. Krokowski.

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

11. Who does Settembrini call "lieutenant"?
(a) Hans.
(b) Behrens.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Krokowski.

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

13. Who is Tienappel?
(a) Hans' cousin.
(b) Hans' great-uncle.
(c) Hans' grandfather.
(d) Hans' father.

14. What kind of conversation does Settembrini use?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Witty.
(c) Learned.
(d) Mocking.

15. Who expresses satisfaction that Hans has come to the Berghof?
(a) Dr. Behrens.
(b) Dr. Krokowski.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Clavdia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?

2. In Chapter 4, what is contrasted with music?

3. What does Joachim say is different in the mountains?

4. What is the name of the whistler?

5. Who whistles at Hans on the mountain path?

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