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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. What is Settembrini's reason for his feelings about music?
(a) It makes him happy.
(b) It inflames the emotions.
(c) It attracts young women.
(d) He has no feelings about music.

2. What is the old woman doing at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Pacing in the garden.
(b) Reading a book of poetry.
(c) Sitting on a bench, gazing at the sky.
(d) Crying with her face in her hands.

3. What is removed during meals and at night?
(a) Newlywed couples.
(b) Newborn babies.
(c) Unruly patients.
(d) Corpses.

4. Who does Settembrini mock for inventing the "summer season"?
(a) Behrens.
(b) Krokowski.
(c) Hans.
(d) Joachim.

5. What is the old woman in black called?
(a) Dr. Krokowski.
(b) Madame Chauchat.
(c) Tous-les-deux.
(d) Frau Stohr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Hans the name of the whistler?

2. In Chapter 3, what does Hans hear from the room next door?

3. How does Hans feel about the image of his grandfather in his coffin?

4. Who is the executor of Hans' parents' estate?

5. What does Dr. Krokowski lecture about in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

2. What does Hans believe portrays the real image of his grandfather, and how does Hans feel that his grandfather reverts to his real self?

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

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

5. Who is Tienappel?

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

7. What does Hans muse upon while sitting on his balcony, and what does he say about what he muses on?

8. Why does Settembrini interrupt his learned banter at the end of Chapter 3?

9. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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

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