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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Knecht more interested in doing than playing the Glass Bead Game?
(a) Music
(b) Socializing
(c) Drinking
(d) Reading

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion do people assume that Knecht dabbled in while at the monastery?

2. Why is Knecht popular with his superiors?

3. Who lives at Bamboo Grove?

4. Where does Knecht return to at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What language does Knecht study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Glass Bead Game develop in Europe?

2. What does Designori think about Castalia?

3. Why does the headmaster call Knecht to his office?

4. How does Knecht's life change after the visit from the Music Master?

5. How does the author define the modern biographies?

6. What does Knecht learn from Father Jacobus?

7. What kind of essay is Life?

8. What is Knecht's only restriction during free study?

9. Why does Knecht like the Glass Bead game?

10. Who does the author say his book was intended for?

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