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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 is Tienappel?

2. What does Joachim say is not taken seriously at the Berghof?

3. What wears Hans down at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What kind of conversation does Settembrini use?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

2. Who is Joachim Ziemssen, what does he look like, and what does he explain to Hans?

3. How does Settembrini feel about music?

4. How does Hans tell Joachim that he feels about death in Chapter 4?

5. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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

7. Who is Pribislav Hippe, and how does Hans feel about him?

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

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

10. What does a female patient do in Chapter 3 that annoys Hans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How would the story be different if Joachim were not present at the Berghof when Hans arrived?

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