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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 passes without comment in October?
(a) Joachim's discharge deadline.
(b) Naphta's birthday.
(c) Hans' marriage to Clavdia.
(d) Settembrini's death.

2. Who hosts parties and outings to local sites?
(a) Joachim.
(b) Hans.
(c) Behrens.
(d) Peeperkorn.

3. Who does Settembrini compare Clavdia to in Chapter 5?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Eve.
(c) Lilith.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. What does Hans do when Joachim's corpse begins to smile inside the coffin?
(a) Has nightmares repeatedly.
(b) Begins to cry.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hastily closes the coffin.

5. Who does Settembrini say is justifying a totalitarian state?
(a) Joachim.
(b) Hans.
(c) Naphta.
(d) Settembrini.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is getting worse but leaves the Berghof without authorization anyway because they cannot stand it anymore?

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

3. What does Peeperkorn propose to Hans in Chapter 7 shortly after Clavdia introduces them?

4. What request does Peeperkorn make that Hans refuses?

5. What do Hans and Clavdia exchange as tokens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the "military life" play in the conversation between Hans, Joachim, Settembrini and Naphta in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. What do Hans and Peeperkorn say about Clavdia during their conversation in early spring?

5. Describe Naphta's apartment.

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

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

8. How do Joachim's letters to Hans change, and what eventually occurs?

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

10. When Hans and Joachim join Settembrini in his apartment, what does Settembrini say about Naphta?

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