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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 does Hans tell Joachim is really his element?
(a) Death.
(b) Time.
(c) Love.
(d) Health.

2. What does Hans' mother die from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) An embolism.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Flu.

3. How does Settembrini feel about music?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He feels that it is dangerous for Joachim.
(c) He is a musician himself.
(d) He has a political distaste for it.

4. What does the whistler use to whistle?
(a) His/her pneumothorax.
(b) His/her nose.
(c) His/her lungs.
(d) A whistle on a string.

5. What is the only French that the old woman knows?
(a) Tous-les-deux.
(b) None at all.
(c) Un, dos, trois.
(d) Je aime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Minos and Rhadamanthus in Greek mythology?

2. What does Hans' father die from?

3. What are the opposing forces to Dr. Krokowski's lecture in Chapter 4?

4. What wears Hans down at the end of Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Hans arrives late to Dr. Krokowski's lecture in Chapter 4?

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

5. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

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

7. How does Joachim say death and illness are treated at the Berghof?

8. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.

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

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

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