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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Hans and Joachim feel when debate between Settembrini and Naphta grows heated?
(a) Amused.
(b) Embarassed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

2. On Walpurgis Night, what does Clavdia tell Hans that she is doing the next day?
(a) Marrying Dr. Behrens.
(b) Leaving the Berghof.
(c) Having a baby.
(d) Dying.

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

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

5. What does Joachim think Hans has picked up while lying on his balcony?
(a) Clavdia as a partner.
(b) Too many grand ideas.
(c) An infection in his lungs.
(d) A new blanket.

6. What does Settembrini criticize about the medieval tortures?
(a) Its tortures.
(b) The royalty.
(c) Its treatment of women.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

10. Who does Settembrini say is an intellectual servant of the kingdom of death and lust?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Hans.
(c) God.
(d) Naphta.

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

12. On the evening that Dr. Behrens entertains patients with a musical parlor trick, what does Clavdia ask Hans about?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Hans.
(d) Clavdia.

13. What passes without comment in October?
(a) Naphta's birthday.
(b) Hans' marriage to Clavdia.
(c) Settembrini's death.
(d) Joachim's discharge deadline.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Joachim forced to return to the Berghof?

2. Why do Settembrini and Naphta resent Peeperkorn?

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

4. Who does Settembrini say is justifying a totalitarian state?

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

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