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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 is Knecht in the Indian Life?

2. What does Designori say shielded him from the outside world?

3. Which of the following of his possessions does Knecht leave at Hirsland?

4. Who dies in this chapter?

5. What does Designori teach Knecht?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Designori bitter with Castalia?

2. How does Knecht criticize the Order?

3. How does Alexander arrange for Knecht to leave the Order?

4. Why does Knecht find himself as part of the community?

5. What happens to the Deputy after the Magister dies?

6. What is the Rainmaker about?

7. Why does Knecht want to renew his friendship with Designori?

8. How does Knecht die?

9. How does Designori help Knecht move into the real world?

10. What are Knecht's views on books?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements:

1) An intellectual movement can only evolve through war and general unrest.

2) The board and its members are too institutionalized to accept any of Knecht's views.

3) Knecht will experience none of the outside world by living in the mountains.

Essay Topic 3

How do you think Knecht would have coped with the real world had he survived? What meaning does Knecht's death give the novel?

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