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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. How should Hans live while is at the Berghof, according to Dr. Behrens?
(a) As though he is on vacation.
(b) As though he is going to die soon.
(c) As if he had tuberculosis himself.
(d) He should not stay at the Berghof at all.

2. Who visits Hans in Chapter 5 as Hans daydreams about Clavdia?
(a) Clavdia.
(b) Dr. Behrens.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Joachim.

3. Whose glance distracts Hans near the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Joachim's.
(b) Dr. Krokowski's.
(c) Clavdia's.
(d) Dr. Behrens'.

4. What kind of situations does Hans do best with?
(a) Those connected to romance.
(b) Those connected to death.
(c) Those connected to the future.
(d) Those connected to nothing.

5. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?
(a) An American woman.
(b) Clavdia Chauchat.
(c) An Austrian horseman
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose comical mispronunciations provide endless amusement?

2. What is the name of the private nurse whom Hans meets in Chapter 4?

3. What does Joachim call the spectum bottle that most Berghof patients carry?

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

5. Who does Settembrini compare to Minos and Rhadamanthus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Hans Castorp, where is he at the beginning of Chapter 1, and how does it make him feel?

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

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

4. What does Hans see and hear on his first full day at the Berghof?

5. Who is Barbara Hujus?

6. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

7. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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

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

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

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