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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Knecht complete introductory lessons in?

2. Who does Knecht write to about his dilemma?

3. Why does Knecht not like the position of Magister?

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

5. Who does the author say the book is intended for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it mean to be a lifelong member of the Order?

2. How does the music Master help Knecht?

3. Why does Knecht think Tegularius is a good Glass Bead player?

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

5. Why is Father Jacobus distrustful of Knecht?

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

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

8. Why does Knecht have mixed feelings about leaving Tegularius?

9. What is the Glass Bead Game?

10. What is the Golden Book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Knecht's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What did Ishmael hope to achieve in his life?

2) What events changes Knecht's ideas about life?

3) How has Knecht's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The Glass Bead Game has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss its similarities swath the novel in terms of the following:

Plot

Character

Themes.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of the 1940s.

Why was intellectualism an important issue during this time? In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

What significant changes do you think occurred in Europe during this period?

Does modern society share any values with 1940s Europe?

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