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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 is Tienappel?
(a) Hans' cousin.
(b) Hans' great-uncle.
(c) Hans' father.
(d) Hans' grandfather.

2. What does Joachim call the spectum bottle that most Berghof patients carry?
(a) His best friend.
(b) A spectum bottle.
(c) His red herring.
(d) His blue Henry.

3. Whose always-late, door-slamming entrances to the dining hall does Hans watch?
(a) Clavdia's.
(b) Settembrini's.
(c) Joachim's.
(d) Behrens'.

4. Who tells Hans the name of the whistler?
(a) Dr. Behrens.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Hermine.

5. Why did the Catholic patient scream?
(a) He/she never screamed.
(b) Because he/she was not allowed to leave the Berghof.
(c) Because he/she saw the priest arriving for last rites.
(d) Because he/she was in so much pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hans' father die from?

2. What is Settembrini's reason for his feelings about music?

3. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Krokowski's lecture about in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

5. Who is Joachim Ziemssen, what does he look like, and what does he explain to Hans?

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

7. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

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

9. Describe Hans and Settembrini's conversation at the beginning of Chapter 5.

10. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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