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

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

3. What game did Knecht play?
(a) The Horror Game
(b) The Glass Bead Game
(c) The Orange Seed Game
(d) The Adventure Game

4. What does the author say music comes from?
(a) Tension
(b) Harmony
(c) Darkness
(d) Love

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Designori study at university?

2. Who does the author call the historian of literature?

3. What is the name of the main character?

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

5. What movement does the beginning of the Galss Bead Game go back to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the monastery at Mariafels?

2. What advice does the Music Master give Knecht when he leaves for Waldzell?

3. What does Knecht have to wait for before he can leave for Mariafels?

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

5. What does Knecht learn from Father Jacobus?

6. Describe Knecht's early schooling?

7. What kind of essay is Life?

8. What does the author know about Knecht's early life?

9. What does Designori think about Castalia?

10. What is the difference between mathematical and psychological Glass Bead Games?

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