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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 think about the portrait of his grandfather in his civic costume as town councilor?
(a) It is frightening.
(b) There is no such portrait.
(c) It is his real image.
(d) It makes him appear handsome.

2. Who states that there is something edifying about death?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Hans.
(c) Clavdia.
(d) Joachim.

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

4. What does Hans Castorp ride to ascend the Alps?
(a) The Berghof's personal plane.
(b) A boat.
(c) A ski-lift.
(d) His narrow-gauge railroad car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the old woman in black called?

2. What does Hans plan to do on Monday in Chapter 4?

3. Whose comical mispronunciations provide endless amusement?

4. Who are Minos and Rhadamanthus in Greek mythology?

5. What is the name of Hans' favorite cigar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Tienappel?

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

5. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

6. What does Hans muse upon while sitting on his balcony, and what does he say about what he muses on?

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

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

9. Who is Barbara Hujus?

10. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

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