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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who questions Hans about Hans' relationship with Clavdia?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Dr. Behrens.
(c) Peeperkorn.
(d) Clavdia.

3. What does Clavdia threaten to do when Hans praises her arms?
(a) Leave.
(b) Marry Peeperkorn.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Cry herself to sleep.

4. Who is a Freemason?
(a) Hans.
(b) Naphta.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Joachim.

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

6. What does Hans do when he realizes that Settembrini does not want him to see Naphta again?
(a) Settembrini does not feel that way.
(b) Feigns innocence and visits Naphta's room in town.
(c) Yields to Settembrini's opinion.
(d) Confronts Settembrini to learn his reasoning

7. What does Peeperkorn propose to Hans in Chapter 7 shortly after Clavdia introduces them?
(a) That Hans leave Clavdia alone.
(b) Clavdia's death.
(c) Drinks and games.
(d) A trip to Fluela Valley.

8. How does Clavdia feel about the fact that Peeperkorn loves her?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Peeperkorn does not love Clavdia.
(c) She loves him as well.
(d) Grateful and devoted.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Where do Hans and Joachim meet Dr. Behrens later in October?
(a) Davos.
(b) Hans' balcony.
(c) On an outside path.
(d) The dining hall.

15. In Chapter 5, who performs a parlor trick of drawing a pig blindfolded in one long stroke?
(a) Clavdia.
(b) Dr. Behrens.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Dr. Krokowski.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hans begin being analyzed by in Chapter 6?

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

3. What do Hans and Joachim promise before leaving Settembrini and Naphta?

4. What does Joachim deride about Naphta?

5. Who is getting worse but leaves the Berghof without authorization anyway because they cannot stand it anymore?

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