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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Hans sometimes follow his caretaker after dinner?
(a) Into the den.
(b) To bed.
(c) Into the garden.
(d) To the neighbor's house.

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

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

6. Who feels like he has been at the Berghof for an eternity?
(a) Clavdia.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Hans.

7. What is Hans' talent that allows him to move ahead in his education?
(a) Music.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

8. What does Hans do on his first full day at the Berghof?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Look out from his room.
(c) Decide to return home.
(d) Write to his parents.

9. What are the old woman's sons dying from?
(a) Aneurisms.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Flu.
(d) Tuberculosis.

10. Who is the executor of Hans' parents' estate?
(a) Hans.
(b) Hans' grandfather.
(c) Tienappel.
(d) Joachim.

11. What does Hans sing at the top of his voice in Chapter 4?
(a) Patriotic songs.
(b) Rock songs.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Love songs.

12. According to Settembrini, how were sickness and infirmity regarded during medieval times?
(a) As bad luck.
(b) They did not view it as anything.
(c) As angering God.
(d) As passports to heaven.

13. How should Hans live while is at the Berghof, according to Dr. Behrens?
(a) He should not stay at the Berghof at all.
(b) As though he is on vacation.
(c) As if he had tuberculosis himself.
(d) As though he is going to die soon.

14. Who does Hans and Joachim overhear complaining about their stay at the Berghof and other prospects in October?
(a) Clavdia.
(b) Hermine Kleefeld and other patients.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Dr. Behrens and Dr. Krokowski.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?

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

3. Who visits Hans in Chapter 5 as Hans daydreams about Clavdia?

4. Whose comical mispronunciations provide endless amusement?

5. What is Hans doing by his third day at the Berghof?

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