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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 will not acknowledge Hans, despite his best efforts?

2. What is Hans particularly interested in seeing at Dr. Behrens' apartments?

3. When does Settembrini reproach Hans for having symbolically said goodbye to him on Walpurgis Night?

4. Who does Settembrini compare Clavdia to in Chapter 5?

5. What does Peeperkorn use to commit suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peeperkorn's group outings and Settembrini's opinion of Hans' relationship with Peeperkorn.

2. In Chapter 6, what occurs with Hans' letters home, and what does he write about?

3. What happens when Joachim and Hans encounter Dr. Behrens on a mountain path in October, and why does Hans react this way?

4. What role does the "military life" play in the conversation between Hans, Joachim, Settembrini and Naphta in Chapter 6?

5. How does Hans react when Clavdia returns to the Berghof in Chapter 7, and why?

6. What does Hans become aware of in Chapter 5, and what do the other patients learn about Hans?

7. Describe Joachim's death and the illness leading to it.

8. Why is Hans summoned the day after an excursion to a famous waterfall in the nearby Fluela Valley?

9. What do Joachim and Hans discuss on their way back to the Berghof after leaving Settembrini and Naphta?

10. What role does the concept of time play at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

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 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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