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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hans plan to do on Monday in Chapter 4?
(a) Play "king in a meadow."
(b) Propose to Clavdia.
(c) Get his x-rays taken.
(d) Attend Dr. Krokowski's lecture.

3. What does Hans' mother die from?
(a) Flu.
(b) An embolism.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

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

5. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His great-uncle.
(c) His great-aunt.
(d) His grandmother.

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Hans first arrive in Chapter 1?
(a) At the wharf.
(b) Davos-Platz.
(c) America.
(d) The Berghof.

11. Who does Settembrini compare to Minos and Rhadamanthus?
(a) Himself and Naphta.
(b) Behrens and Krokowski.
(c) Clavdia and Peeperkorn.
(d) Hans and Joachim.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is kept very discreet at the Berghof?

2. What is the only French that the old woman knows?

3. What are the opposing forces to Dr. Krokowski's lecture in Chapter 4?

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

5. What is Hans late for in Chapter 4?

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