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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Settembrini urge Hans to do?
(a) Allow Dr. Behrens to examine him.
(b) Ask Clavdia on a date.
(c) Take psychoanalytical sessions with Dr. Krokowski.
(d) Leave the Berghof.

2. Who does Hans begin being analyzed by in Chapter 6?
(a) Dr. Krokowski.
(b) Settembrini.
(c) Dr. Behrens.
(d) Joachim.

3. Where does Clavdia say that morality is to be found?
(a) In loyalty and friendship.
(b) In love and marriage.
(c) In losing oneself in sin and danger.
(d) In honesty.

4. What do many patients become aware of in Chapter 5?
(a) Joachim's illness.
(b) Hans' infatuation with Clavdia.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Behrens' sexual relationship with Clavdia.

5. As Walpurgis Night approaches, who reproaches Hans for playing fast and loose with time in his conversation?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Behrens.
(d) Clavdia.

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

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

8. What is Hans particularly interested in seeing at Dr. Behrens' apartments?
(a) His medical records.
(b) Clavdia's medical records.
(c) A portrait of Clavdia.
(d) His self-portrait.

9. How are Naphta's rooms decorated?
(a) Lavishly with red and purple silk brocade.
(b) Poorly due to his destitution.
(c) In black and white decor.
(d) Naphta's rooms are never described.

10. Who does Clavdia return to the Berghof with?
(a) Hans Castorp.
(b) Joachim Ziemssen.
(c) Pieter Peeperkorn.
(d) No one.

11. What does Hans do when Joachim's corpse begins to smile inside the coffin?
(a) Begins to cry.
(b) Has nightmares repeatedly.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hastily closes the coffin.

12. When does Settembrini reproach Hans for having symbolically said goodbye to him on Walpurgis Night?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Years Eve.
(d) New Years Day.

13. What do the patients having affairs use to visit one another?
(a) Closets near the dining hall.
(b) Letters.
(c) Space extending beyond connecting balconies.
(d) The woods surrounding the Berghof.

14. Where does Hans "play king" and muse over his recent experiences?
(a) In his room.
(b) In the dining hall.
(c) In a little alpine meadow.
(d) He does not "play king".

15. What does Hans accuse Settembrini of offering?
(a) False friendship.
(b) Hypocritical advice.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Settembrini explain about his and Naphta's arguments?

2. What does Joachim think Hans has picked up while lying on his balcony?

3. What image does Hans fall asleep to while sitting on his balcony?

4. What is Peeperkorn recovering from when Hans visits him?

5. What do Hans and Clavdia exchange as tokens?

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