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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hans think about the portrait of his grandfather in his civic costume as town councilor?

2. Who whistles at Hans on the mountain path?

3. Who does Settembrini mock for inventing the "summer season"?

4. What is the name of the Catholic patient that Joachim tells Hans about in Chapter 3?

5. What does the whistler's group call themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Barbara Hujus?

2. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

3. Describe Hans and Settembrini's encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4.

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

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

6. On Monday in Chapter 4, what does Hans do before attending Dr. Krokowski's lecture?

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

8. What does Joachim explain to Hans about the woman called Tous-les-deux at their first breakfast in Chapter 3?

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

10. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main themes in this novel (mountains and magic, connection to "Death in Venice", illness and death, etc..) and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the difference characters?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of death in this novel? What events are driven by illness and death? How are characters viewed based on their health?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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