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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 does Clavdia feel about the fact that Peeperkorn loves her?
(a) She loves him as well.
(b) Peeperkorn does not love Clavdia.
(c) Grateful and devoted.
(d) Frightened.

2. What does Joachim think Hans has picked up while lying on his balcony?
(a) Clavdia as a partner.
(b) A new blanket.
(c) An infection in his lungs.
(d) Too many grand ideas.

3. What does Settembrini reveal that he belongs to?
(a) The Musical Affiliation.
(b) The International League for the Organization of Progress.
(c) The Medical Association of the Berghof.
(d) The Freemasons.

4. In Chapter 6, what does Hans praise ascetically?
(a) Death.
(b) Military life.
(c) Clavdia Chauchat.
(d) The Berghof.

5. Who is getting worse but leaves the Berghof without authorization anyway because they cannot stand it anymore?
(a) Frau Salomon.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Hans.
(d) Clavdia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Joachim forced to return to the Berghof?

2. Who will not acknowledge Hans, despite his best efforts?

3. Who praises scientific knowledge and truth?

4. What does Hans use to argue against Settembrini?

5. When Settembrini greets Hans after weeks of silence, what does he ask if Hans liked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hans and Clavdia discuss in the salon in Chapter 7?

2. Why is Hans summoned the day after an excursion to a famous waterfall in the nearby Fluela Valley?

3. What do Joachim and Hans discuss on their way back to the Berghof after leaving Settembrini and Naphta?

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

5. What happens when Joachim and Hans encounter Dr. Behrens on a mountain path in October, and why does Hans react this way?

6. What does Hans become aware of in Chapter 5, and what do the other patients learn about Hans?

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

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

9. What happens at the Berghof as spring approaches?

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

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