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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. According to Settembrini, how were sickness and infirmity regarded during medieval times?

2. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?

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

4. What is the name of the private nurse whom Hans meets in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 4, what is contrasted with music?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as Hans settles into his room at the Berghof?

2. Who is Barbara Hujus?

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

4. What does Hans believe portrays the real image of his grandfather, and how does Hans feel that his grandfather reverts to his real self?

5. How does Hans' interactions with Clavdia affect his health?

6. Describe Hans and Settembrini's conversation at the beginning of Chapter 5.

7. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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

10. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast Hans and Joachim.

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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