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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hans use to argue against Settembrini?
(a) Settembrini's own arguments.
(b) Naphta's arguments.
(c) His literary knowledge.
(d) Hans does not argue against Settembrini.

2. What is Hans surprised to learn about Naphta while he is in Settembrini's garret?
(a) That Naphta has a relationship with Clavdia.
(b) That Naphta is a homosexual.
(c) That Naphta is a Jesuit.
(d) That Naphta is dying.

3. What does Naphta claim has only resulted in the dehumanizing rule of money?
(a) Settembrini's humanistic concept of freedom.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The Berghof.
(d) The Kingdom of God.

4. Who hosts parties and outings to local sites?
(a) Hans.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Peeperkorn.
(d) Behrens.

5. Who does Hans suspect of having had a physical relationship with Clavdia?
(a) Frau Stohr.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Dr. Krokowski.
(d) Dr. Behrens.

6. What request does Peeperkorn make that Hans refuses?
(a) To go on an excursion.
(b) To escape from the Berghof.
(c) To kiss Clavdia on the brow.
(d) To become friends.

7. What causes the tensions and rivalries amongst Hans' group of friends?
(a) Clavdia ignoring Hans.
(b) Hans' relationship with Clavdia.
(c) Hans' friendship with Settembrini.
(d) Peeperkorn's anger at Hans.

8. How is Settembrini's garret decorated?
(a) Lavishly.
(b) In all black and white.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Plainly.

9. What are Hans and Settembrini doing when they fall into an open argument?
(a) There is no argument.
(b) Discussing Clavdia.
(c) Waiting for the Sunday mail.
(d) Watching Joachim leave.

10. Who does Settembrini say is justifying a totalitarian state?
(a) Hans.
(b) Naphta.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Joachim.

11. What does Settembrini reveal that he belongs to?
(a) The International League for the Organization of Progress.
(b) The Musical Affiliation.
(c) The Medical Association of the Berghof.
(d) The Freemasons.

12. What is Peeperkorn recovering from when Hans visits him?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Pnuemonia.
(c) An aneurism.
(d) A fever attack.

13. Why is Joachim forced to return to the Berghof?
(a) He chooses to return to the Berghof.
(b) His persistent rise in temperature.
(c) Uncontrollable vomiting.
(d) He is not allowed to return to the Berghof.

14. Who offers to allow Hans to use informal pronouns with him?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Dr. Behrens.
(c) Peeperkorn.
(d) Naphta.

15. Who does Naphta mock as a champion of progressive idealism and utopian notions?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Virgil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins a heated argument between Settembrini and Naphta at a tavern?

2. Who claims that his love for Clavdia is a burning torment?

3. Where does Peeperkorn host an excursion to in May?

4. What passes without comment in October?

5. Who is a Freemason?

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