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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hans and Joachim overhear complaining about their stay at the Berghof and other prospects in October?
(a) Hermine Kleefeld and other patients.
(b) Settembrini.
(c) Dr. Behrens and Dr. Krokowski.
(d) Clavdia.

2. According to Settembrini, how were sickness and infirmity regarded during medieval times?
(a) As angering God.
(b) They did not view it as anything.
(c) As passports to heaven.
(d) As bad luck.

3. Who whistles at Hans on the mountain path?
(a) A female doctor.
(b) A male patient.
(c) A male doctor.
(d) A female patient.

4. What do Joachim and Settembrini agree that music can awaken?
(a) The heart.
(b) The body.
(c) The soul.
(d) The intellect.

5. What does Dr. Krokowski lecture about in Chapter 4?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hans feel about his cigars losing their flavor?

2. What happens when Hans stops by a brook?

3. What kind of situations does Hans do best with?

4. Who refers to the written word as "the bearer of the human intellect"?

5. Who does Settembrini call "lieutenant"?

Short Essay Questions

1. On Monday in Chapter 4, what does Hans do before attending Dr. Krokowski's lecture?

2. Who is Pribislav Hippe, and how does Hans feel about him?

3. How does Hans' interactions with Clavdia affect his health?

4. Who is Hans Castorp, where is he at the beginning of Chapter 1, and how does it make him feel?

5. What does Dr. Krokowski do at the end of his lecture in Chapter 4, and what does it remind Hans of?

6. What annoys Hans during first breakfast in Chapter 3?

7. Near the end of Chapter 3, what does Hans say about work?

8. How does Hans tell Joachim that he feels about death in Chapter 4?

9. When Dr. Behrens visits Hans' table in Chapter 3, what does he notice, and what does he prescribe?

10. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

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