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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what type of individual does the author compare the General to describe his attitude toward his work?
(a) A field laborer who knows no other work.
(b) A well-supported wife of twenty or thirty years.
(c) A young man who inherits his father's business.
(d) An ambitious politician.

2. What is mysterious about Diotima's invitation in Chapter 80?
(a) The writing looks as if it may not be hers.
(b) It sounds more urgent than it should.
(c) It was delivered by hand, instead of in the mail.
(d) It was originally addressed to someone else.

3. What is one of the main ideas brought into Diotima's circle of intellectuals in Chapter 89?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Conservativism.
(c) Modernity.
(d) Impressionism.

4. What is the collective title for Arnheim and Diotima's activities?
(a) The Creative Coalition.
(b) The Collateral Campaign.
(c) The Aristocratic Collective.
(d) The Coalition of Concerned Intellectuals.

5. Which individual is mentioned as being one of the author's influences in Chapter 91?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Niccolo Machiavelli.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Josef Stalin.

6. According to the author, why are some writers' situations strange?
(a) Their brains work differently than other peoples' do.
(b) They have been too far removed from the outside world.
(c) They are unable to relate to others.
(d) They think their art is great, when others don't.

7. Who are Gerda's parents?
(a) Leo and Klementine.
(b) Hans and Diotima.
(c) Ulrich and Klementine.
(d) Ulrich and Diotima.

8. According to the author in Chapter 85, how does Nature create unity?
(a) By combining opposites.
(b) By smoothing over differences.
(c) By creating specialized roles for everyone and everything.
(d) By creating all life from the same basic materials.

9. What is Diotima's opinion of working life as stated in Chapter 93?
(a) It builds an individual's character, and as such it is an extremely valuable experience.
(b) It can wipe out someone's personality unless it is so well suited to them that they identify with it.
(c) It is a necessary evil for many, which the rich are happy to avoid.
(d) She declines to give an opinion of working life because she has never experienced it.

10. What artistic movement was often criticized by Diotima's group?
(a) Cubism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Impressionism.

11. What happens when a book becomes important enough, according to the author?
(a) It is referenced in other literary works.
(b) It becomes a best-seller.
(c) It is deemed worthy of certain kinds of attention.
(d) It goes into the canon of literary classics.

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

13. In Chapter 85, the General expresses to Ulrich his disappointment in what?
(a) Ulrich's choice of a wife.
(b) Diotima's affection for Arnheim.
(c) The recent lack of advancement in his career.
(d) Ulrich's close association with the Count.

14. How does the author describe Clarisse?
(a) A sexy intellectual.
(b) A conservative patriot.
(c) Intelligent, but not particularly attractive.
(d) Attractive, but not particularly intelligent.

15. What does Arnheim end up doing in Chapter 86?
(a) He decides not to involve himself in Diotima's relationship with the General.
(b) He takes the General aside and talks to him about his infatuation with Diotima.
(c) He decides to take a step back and maintain only a casual acquaintance with Diotima.
(d) Arranging to remain as Diotima's guest for an even longer period.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the information presented in Chapter 92, what does money do?

2. What might be the result if the philosopher mentioned in Chapter 77 were to do what the author suggests?

3. Who receives an invitation from Diotima in Chapter 80?

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

5. What does Clarisse realize about her husband in Chapter 97?

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