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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What makes Hans dizzy in Chapter 1?
(a) The fact that he did not eat.
(b) The thin air.
(c) His attraction to Clavdia.
(d) His anxiety.

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

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

5. How do the other patients react to Hans being whistle at?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They stare in bewilderment.
(c) There are no other patients around.
(d) They whistle at him also.

6. What does the whistler use to whistle?
(a) His/her lungs.
(b) His/her nose.
(c) His/her pneumothorax.
(d) A whistle on a string.

7. What is Settembrini's reason for his feelings about music?
(a) It attracts young women.
(b) It makes him happy.
(c) It inflames the emotions.
(d) He has no feelings about music.

8. Who thinks that music can perform the reasonable function of measuring time?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Hans.
(d) Naphta.

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

10. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?
(a) His aunt.
(b) An American woman.
(c) Clavdia Chauchat.
(d) An Austrian horseman

11. What does Joachim call the spectum bottle that most Berghof patients carry?
(a) His blue Henry.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His red herring.
(d) A spectum bottle.

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

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

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

15. Where is the concert in Chapter 4 held?
(a) In Davos.
(b) In Hans' room.
(c) In the dining hall at the Berghof sanatorium.
(d) On the verandah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose glance distracts Hans near the end of Chapter 4?

2. Whose comical mispronunciations provide endless amusement?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Hans hear from the room next door?

4. How does Hans feel about someone slamming the door behind his back?

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

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