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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 says that work does not agree with him?

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

3. What month does it snow in Chapter 4?

4. What causes Hans' temperature to decline in Chapter 5?

5. Who whistles at Hans on the mountain path?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

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

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

4. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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

6. When Dr. Behrens visits Hans' table in Chapter 3, what does he notice, and what does he prescribe?

7. What does Settembrini say about music in relation to Hans?

8. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.

9. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter during their walk, and what does he say?

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

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

How does the setting of the novel affect the characters and their actions? What is Mann suggesting about the setting?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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