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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. Who does Settembrini compare to Minos and Rhadamanthus?
2. What makes Hans dizzy in Chapter 1?
3. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4?
4. What is Settembrini's reason for his feelings about music?
5. What is the relationship between Hans and Joachim?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Dr. Behrens visits Hans' table in Chapter 3, what does he notice, and what does he prescribe?
2. What does Hans see and hear on his first full day at the Berghof?
3. What happens when Hans arrives late to Dr. Krokowski's lecture in Chapter 4?
4. Near the end of Chapter 3, what does Hans say about work?
5. Who is Hans Castorp, where is he at the beginning of Chapter 1, and how does it make him feel?
6. How does Joachim say death and illness are treated at the Berghof?
7. What does a female patient do in Chapter 3 that annoys Hans?
8. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter during their walk, and what does he say?
9. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.
10. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the third person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?
Essay Topic 2
How are the different symbols (the x-ray plates, the Maria Mancini cigars, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.
Essay Topic 3
Investigate "The Magic Mountain" as a bildungsroman. How does it adhere to and differ from the bildungsroman novel? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a bildungsroman? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the novel as a bildungsroman?
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