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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of exercise did the Glass Bead Game start off as?
(a) A IQ exercise
(b) A memory improvement exercise
(c) A multiple choice exercise
(d) A writing exercise

2. What is the name of the book Knecht's name is placed in?
(a) The Golden Book
(b) The Master in Waiting Book
(c) The Ludi Book
(d) The Glass Bead Book

3. Who does the author say the book is intended for?
(a) People who play the Game
(b) People who don't know the Game
(c) People who hate the Game
(d) People interested in the Game

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

5. What does Knecht decide to concentrate on instead of the Glass Bead Game?
(a) Poems
(b) History
(c) Novels
(d) Music

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

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

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

9. What kind of life do people from the Order live?
(a) A luxury life
(b) A noble life
(c) A monastic life
(d) A sociable life

10. What is the Golden Book also known as?
(a) The Book of Genuis
(b) The Jidelni Listek
(c) The Wait
(d) The Climbers List

11. What Asian doctrine do the life essays examine?
(a) Meditation
(b) Reincarnation
(c) Karma
(d) Yin and Yang

12. What do most students become when they graduate from a school of Castalia?
(a) Writers
(b) Lawyers
(c) Politicians
(d) Teachers

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

14. What does Knecht like to write?
(a) Limericks
(b) Poetry
(c) Novels
(d) Short stories

15. What kind of student is Designori?
(a) Master student
(b) Elite student
(c) Guest student
(d) Senior student

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Music Master live?

2. What is Mariafels?

3. What German city was Bastian Perrot's musical academy in?

4. Where does Knecht have to go to report his return?

5. What school does Knecht tell his Music Master he would like to enter?

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