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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 thinks that music can perform the reasonable function of measuring time?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Naphta.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Hans.

2. How does Hans feel about someone slamming the door behind his back?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Furious.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Amused.

3. How do the other patients react to Hans being whistle at?
(a) They stare in bewilderment.
(b) They laugh.
(c) There are no other patients around.
(d) They whistle at him also.

4. What is engraved with the names of Hans' family patriarchs for the past few hundred years?
(a) The family Bible.
(b) The family baptismal bowl.
(c) The portrait of Hans' grandfather.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?
(a) His aunt.
(b) An American woman.
(c) Clavdia Chauchat.
(d) An Austrian horseman

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What kind of conversation does Settembrini use?

3. What is kept very discreet at the Berghof?

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

5. Who does Settembrini compare to Minos and Rhadamanthus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Barbara Hujus?

2. What does Hans notice on a walk along a mountain path in Chapter 3, and how does it make him feel?

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

4. What does Settembrini say about music in relation to Hans?

5. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

6. What does a female patient do in Chapter 3 that annoys Hans?

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

8. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

9. Who does Hans meet during his first few weeks at the Berghof?

10. Describe Hans and Settembrini's encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4.

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