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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chapter 2 detail?
(a) Hans' nightmare.
(b) Hans' backstory.
(c) Hans' fears.
(d) Hans' future.

3. Who listens to a concert in Chapter 4?
(a) Hans and Joachim.
(b) Dr. Behrens and Dr. Krokowski.
(c) Settembrini and Naphta.
(d) Hans and Clavdia.

4. After his bed rest ends, what does Hans accompany Joachim to do?
(a) Watch a concert.
(b) Get their x-rays.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Attend a carnival.

5. What is the name of the whistler?
(a) Hermine Kleefeld.
(b) Leo Naphta.
(c) Lodovic Settembrini.
(d) Clavdia Chauchat.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Hans do for days and weeks after hearing the sounds from the room next door?
(a) There are no sounds.
(b) Blush.
(c) Consider leaving the Berghof.
(d) Avoid his neighbor.

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

12. Why did the Catholic patient scream?
(a) Because he/she was in so much pain.
(b) Because he/she saw the priest arriving for last rites.
(c) He/she never screamed.
(d) Because he/she was not allowed to leave the Berghof.

13. What does Hans turn the conversation toward on his first day at the Berghof?
(a) His family at home.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) His poor health.
(d) The sanatorium and its patients.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose sickly cough horrifies Hans?

2. Where does Hans go on Monday in Chapter 4?

3. What does Hans feel that Settembrini criticizes him for in Chapter 4?

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

5. Who does Settembrini compare to Minos and Rhadamanthus?

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