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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 language does Knecht study?
(a) French
(b) Japanese
(c) Chinese
(d) English

2. What is the name of the new Magister?
(a) Dubois
(b) Jacques
(c) Zbinden
(d) Fredrich

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

4. What did Designori study at university?
(a) Literature
(b) History
(c) Law
(d) Chinese

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Knecht to write him a yearly letter?

2. Who wins first prize for the Glass Bead competition?

3. Why can't players and officials expand on the content of the games?

4. Who is Knecht's Shadow?

5. What is Knecht more interested in doing than playing the Glass Bead Game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Knecht learn from Father Jacobus?

2. What does Knecht say in his letter to the Music Master?

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

4. What does Designori think about Castalia?

5. Describe the monastery at Mariafels?

6. Describe Knecht's visit with the Music Master.

7. Why does Knecht think that free study is the happiest years of his life?

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

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

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

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