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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion do people assume that Knecht dabbled in while at the monastery?
(a) Buddhism
(b) Christianity
(c) Islam
(d) Hinduism

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

3. What does Knecht have to file every year?
(a) An essay
(b) A diary
(c) A report
(d) A musical piece

4. Who visits Knecht in this chapter?
(a) Designori
(b) His father
(c) Magistar Ludi
(d) The Music Master

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

6. What German city was Bastian Perrot's musical academy in?
(a) Berlin
(b) Cologne
(c) Munich
(d) Bonn

7. What do people think is the only thing Waldzell graduates are good for?
(a) Music
(b) The Glass Bead Game
(c) Writing
(d) Academic life

8. Who invites Knecht to his house?
(a) The Magister
(b) Ferremonte
(c) The Music Master
(d) Designori

9. What is the name of the main character?
(a) Thomas Mann
(b) Herman Ungar
(c) Hermann Hesse
(d) Joseph Knecht

10. What is the name of the essay Knecht occasionally has to compose?
(a) Scholars
(b) Hope
(c) Life
(d) History

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

12. What is a student admitted into when he graduates?
(a) The Order
(b) The Board
(c) The Glass Bead Game
(d) The Supreme Court

13. Who asks Knecht to write him a yearly letter?
(a) His aunt
(b) His music teacher
(c) The Music Master
(d) Designori

14. What is the supreme head of the game known as?
(a) The Ludi Magister
(b) The Judge
(c) The Glass Sire
(d) The General

15. What type of theme must a game be started with?
(a) Any
(b) Academic
(c) Musical
(d) Country

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Designori study at university?

3. When does Knecht leave the monastery?

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

5. What language does Knecht study?

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