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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 is Settembrini's garret decorated?
(a) In all black and white.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Lavishly.
(d) Plainly.

2. What does Naphta say is the instrument of the Kingdom of God?
(a) Mankind.
(b) The proletariat.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

3. Who claims that his love for Clavdia is a burning torment?
(a) Ferdinand Wehsal.
(b) Hans Castorp.
(c) Leo Naphta.
(d) Ludovico Settembrini.

4. What do many patients become aware of in Chapter 5?
(a) Joachim's illness.
(b) Behrens' sexual relationship with Clavdia.
(c) Hans' infatuation with Clavdia.
(d) Nothing.

5. On the evening that Dr. Behrens entertains patients with a musical parlor trick, what does Clavdia ask Hans about?
(a) Hans.
(b) Settembrini.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Clavdia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joachim think Hans has picked up while lying on his balcony?

2. Where do Hans and Joachim meet Dr. Behrens later in October?

3. What do the patients having affairs use to visit one another?

4. Who does Hans suspect of having had a physical relationship with Clavdia?

5. Who hosts parties and outings to local sites?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Naphta's apartment.

2. What role does the concept of time play at the beginning of Chapter 7?

3. Describe Peeperkorn's group outings and Settembrini's opinion of Hans' relationship with Peeperkorn.

4. Describe Joachim's death and the illness leading to it.

5. How does Hans insult Settembrini on Walpurgis Night?

6. In Chapter 6, what occurs with Hans' letters home, and what does he write about?

7. How does Hans react when Clavdia returns to the Berghof in Chapter 7, and why?

8. Who is Naphta, what does he look like, and how do Hans and Joachim meet him?

9. Due to his studies, what does Hans frequently refer to in conversation, and how does Joachim respond?

10. What happens at the Berghof as spring approaches?

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