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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 the name of Hans' favorite cigar?
(a) Maria Mancini.
(b) Hans does not smoke cigars.
(c) Joachim Niemssen.
(d) Clavdia Chauchat.

2. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His great-uncle.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His great-aunt.

3. What is the name of the Catholic patient that Joachim tells Hans about in Chapter 3?
(a) Ludovico Settembrini.
(b) Barbara Hujus.
(c) Leo Naphta.
(d) Clavdia Chauchat.

4. In Chapter 3, what does Hans hear from the room next door?
(a) The sounds of lovemaking.
(b) Someone being constrained from fighting.
(c) Nothing.
(d) An argument.

5. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Naphta.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) Dr. Behrens.
(d) Settembrini.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is removed during meals and at night?

3. What is the only French that the old woman knows?

4. Where do the cousins meet Settembrini?

5. What are the old woman's sons dying from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

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

4. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.

5. How does Settembrini feel about music?

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

7. What do Hans and Joachim do on Sunday in Chapter 4?

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

9. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter during their walk, and what does he say?

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

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