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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 108 - 111.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Arnheim explain to Diotima in Chapter 76?
(a) The Count is severely opposed to anti-Semitism and actively works against it.
(b) Diotima doesn't have the social stature to question the Count.
(c) Diotima's husband can't better his position without the Count's blessings.
(d) Some of the Count's characteristics are a natural byproduct of his status.

2. What does Ulrich begin to suspect in Chapter 91?
(a) General Stumm is planning to murder Arnheim.
(b) Arnheim and Diotima are secretly having an affair.
(c) There is some reason why Diotima's husband is so tolerant of her affection for Arnheim.
(d) Count Leinsdorf is beginning to fall for Diotima as well.

3. What does Arnheim believe about moral and material wealth?
(a) They sometimes coexist.
(b) They are one and the same.
(c) They go together.
(d) They are mutually exclusive.

4. What question does Ulrich ask regarding Gerda's upcoming marriage in Chapter 73?
(a) Whether they think she will be happy.
(b) Whether her fiance has much of a future.
(c) Why she is getting married so young.
(d) What she hopes to gain from her union.

5. How are Arnheim and Diotima's activities viewed in Chapter 89?
(a) They are viewed as being unintentionally presumptuous.
(b) They are viewed as appropriate and effective.
(c) They are resented by the lower classes.
(d) They are looked down upon by the higher classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which individual is not mentioned by Ulrich as one of his long-term friends in Chapter 103?

2. What approach does the individual funding the project in Chapter 84 choose not to employ?

3. The author suggests in Chapter 77 that an ancient philosopher could do what?

4. According to Arnheim in Chapter 92, what group of people frequently gave him the most trouble?

5. How does Diotima feel about adultery in Chapter 94?

(see the answer key)

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