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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sees Knecht off at the train station?
(a) His music teacher
(b) His Latin teacher
(c) His headmaster
(d) His German teacher

2. What did Designori study at university?
(a) Literature
(b) Chinese
(c) Law
(d) History

3. What does Knecht complete introductory lessons in?
(a) The Glass Bead Game
(b) German literature
(c) Chinese
(d) Music

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

5. Who does Knecht spend time with at Mariafels?
(a) Father Davison
(b) Father Jacobus
(c) The Abbot
(d) Father Zinden

6. Why is Father Jacobus distrustful of Knecht?
(a) His dark looks
(b) His lack of outside experience
(c) His lack of religion
(d) His superior intellignece

7. Where does Knecht return to at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Hinter
(b) Mariafels
(c) Munich
(d) Waldzell

8. What is the Music Master interested in knowing about?
(a) The organ
(b) The choir
(c) The women
(d) Knecht's work

9. Who does Knecht have to be cleared by before he joins the outside world?
(a) The World Department of the Board of Educators
(b) The German Goverment
(c) The EU Government
(d) The Political Department of the Board of Educators

10. What does Designori often criticize?
(a) The Order
(b) Academic life
(c) The Glass Bead Game
(d) The poor

11. How do students of Castalia gain entry to a Castalia school?
(a) Through the Glass Bead Game
(b) Through their teachers
(c) Through examinations
(d) Through marriage

12. What instrument is Father Jacobus playing?
(a) The trumpret
(b) The piano
(c) The violin
(d) The guitar

13. Who shows Knecht around his new school?
(a) David
(b) Oscar
(c) Thomas
(d) Fredrich

14. Who does Knecht visit in Montepart?
(a) Jabcobus
(b) Designori
(c) The Music Master
(d) Maria

15. What subject does Knecht learn from the Abbot?
(a) Psychology
(b) Maths
(c) History
(d) Science

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Music Master order Knecht to defend?

2. What is Maraifels famous for?

3. Who does the author say the book is intended for?

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

5. What kind of student is Designori?

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