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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the town Knecht's first school is located?
(a) Biroschon
(b) Berolfingen
(c) Grossartig
(d) Genau

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

3. What is the name of Knecht's headmaster?
(a) Zbinden
(b) Plinio
(c) Designori
(d) Ferremonte

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

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

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

7. Who is Knecht delighted could make it to his ceremony?
(a) Father Jacobus
(b) His former Music Master
(c) His parents
(d) Designori

8. Where is the Holy See?
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Warsaw
(d) Berlin

9. What is the name of Knecht's assistant?
(a) Francesco
(b) Philip
(c) Designori
(d) Tegularius

10. Who is Knecht representing while he is at Mariafels?
(a) The Glass Bead Game
(b) His Music Master
(c) Designori
(d) Castalia

11. What does the Music Master order Knecht to defend?
(a) The Castalia
(b) His family
(c) The Glass Bead Game
(d) Himself

12. What two countries does the author state the Game originated in?
(a) Japan and Korea
(b) Russia and Poland
(c) England and Germany
(d) Greece and China

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Music Master interested in knowing about?

2. What is the only way to learn the Glass Bead Game?

3. What does Knecht have to file every year?

4. When does Knecht leave the monastery?

5. Why is Knecht popular with his superiors?

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