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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 Hans mention when Settembrini complains about his ignorant tablemates?

2. What is the relationship between Hans and Joachim?

3. Why did the Catholic patient scream?

4. What does Hans turn the conversation toward on his first day at the Berghof?

5. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Tienappel?

2. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

3. What annoys Hans during first breakfast in Chapter 3?

4. What happens when Hans arrives late to Dr. Krokowski's lecture in Chapter 4?

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

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

7. What does Hans notice on a walk along a mountain path in Chapter 3, and how does it make him feel?

8. What is Dr. Krokowski's lecture about in Chapter 4?

9. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the time period that this novel was written? How does the pending First World War affect the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? What do these differences indicate?

Essay Topic 3

How is time portrayed in "The Magic Mountain"? How is this concept addressed, and what does this mean?

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