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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Settembrini feel about music?
(a) He has a political distaste for it.
(b) He feels that it is dangerous for Joachim.
(c) He enjoys it.
(d) He is a musician himself.

2. Who does Hans hallucinate about?
(a) Pribislav Hippe.
(b) Clavdia Chauchat.
(c) Joachim Niemssen.
(d) Hanz Lorenz Castorp.

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

4. Who tells Hans the name of the whistler?
(a) Hermine.
(b) Dr. Behrens.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Clavdia.

5. What month does it snow in Chapter 4?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) August.

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

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

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

9. Who says that work does not agree with him?
(a) Joachim.
(b) Hans.
(c) Behrens.
(d) Settembrini.

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

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

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

13. What preoccupies Hans during Dr. Krokowski's lecture?
(a) His nausea.
(b) Clavdia's arms in gauzy sleeves.
(c) Joachim motioning for him.
(d) Nothing.

14. What is the name of the Catholic patient that Joachim tells Hans about in Chapter 3?
(a) Clavdia Chauchat.
(b) Ludovico Settembrini.
(c) Barbara Hujus.
(d) Leo Naphta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Joachim and Settembrini agree that music can awaken?

2. What does Hans do for days and weeks after hearing the sounds from the room next door?

3. Where does Hans first arrive in Chapter 1?

4. How does Hans feel about the image of his grandfather in his coffin?

5. What is the old woman doing at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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