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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 the whistler?
(a) Lodovic Settembrini.
(b) Clavdia Chauchat.
(c) Hermine Kleefeld.
(d) Leo Naphta.

2. What wears Hans down at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The concentrated study for his college exams.
(b) His ill health.
(c) The deaths surrounding him.
(d) His thwarted romance.

3. After his bed rest ends, what does Hans accompany Joachim to do?
(a) Watch a concert.
(b) Get their x-rays.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Attend a carnival.

4. What is Hans' talent that allows him to move ahead in his education?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Music.
(d) Science.

5. Where does Hans go on Monday in Chapter 4?
(a) Home.
(b) The dining hall.
(c) Davos.
(d) A long hike in the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tienappel?

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

3. What does Hans do on his first full day at the Berghof?

4. How do the other patients react to Hans being whistle at?

5. Who expresses satisfaction that Hans has come to the Berghof?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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

3. Who is Barbara Hujus?

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

5. Near the end of Chapter 3, what does Hans say about work?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.

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