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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Call.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Knecht different from Mozart and Bach?
(a) He was born in China
(b) He did not leave any work behind
(c) He was a mathamatician
(d) He did not marry

2. What did Knecht not experience the conflict between?
(a) Marriage and single life
(b) Two jealous women
(c) Home and elite school
(d) Academia and the normal world

3. Who does the author call the historian of literature?
(a) Herman Hesse
(b) Plinium Ziegenhalss
(c) Pythagoras
(d) Thomas Mann

4. Where does the author say Knecht was destined for?
(a) Heaven
(b) Legend
(c) Hollywood
(d) Castalia

5. What is the only way to learn the Glass Bead Game?
(a) Learning music
(b) Reading the rules
(c) Years of experience
(d) Talking to players

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Knecht's first school?

2. Why can't players and officials expand on the content of the games?

3. What kind of life do people from the Order live?

4. What subject does the author say the Glass Bead game is tied up with?

5. What do most students become when they graduate from a school of Castalia?

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