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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clarisse realize about her husband in Chapter 97?
(a) He is afraid of her.
(b) He is no longer in love with her.
(c) He was never in love with her.
(d) She is afraid of him.

2. What important concept is introduced in Chapter 99?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Realism.

3. What is Ulrich doing in Chapter 84 as part of his service to the Count?
(a) Tending to the Count's stables.
(b) Caring for the Count's garden.
(c) Sorting a pile of mail.
(d) Cleaning the Count's house.

4. What type of corporation does Arnheim's family own and run?
(a) A collective of land-owners.
(b) A shovel-making business.
(c) A munitions manufacturing facility.
(d) A bank and lending facility.

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

6. Who receives an invitation from Diotima in Chapter 80?
(a) The Czar.
(b) A local politician.
(c) The Permanent Secretary.
(d) A lesser general.

7. The author claims that the General suffered from becoming repeatedly infatuated with what types of women?
(a) Attractive but unintelligent ones.
(b) Intimidating ones.
(c) Promiscuous ones.
(d) Greedy ones.

8. Why is there a conflict between Walter and Ulrich, according to Clarisse?
(a) Walter is jealous of Ulrich's success.
(b) Walter is in love with Clarisse.
(c) Walter wants to be the Count's favorite.
(d) Ulrich is jealous of Walter's wealth.

9. 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.

10. According to Arnheim in Chapter 92, what group of people frequently gave him the most trouble?
(a) People who suddenly came into great quantities of money.
(b) The intelligentsia.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) The poor.

11. Of what nationality is Arnheim?
(a) Austrian.
(b) German.
(c) Swiss.
(d) Prussian.

12. Ulrich urges General Stumm to do what, in Chapter 84?
(a) Retire from his military career to pursue one that he enjoys.
(b) Tell Diotima how he feels about her.
(c) Not take thinking so seriously.
(d) Take the opportunity to invest in a new business.

13. Who is Count Leinsdorf?
(a) One of Diotima's best friends.
(b) An acquaintance of Leo and Klementine.
(c) Gerda's brother-in-law.
(d) Ulrich's uncle.

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

15. Which character from the previous volume is reintroduced in Chapter 74?
(a) Arnheim.
(b) Ulrich.
(c) Gerda.
(d) Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the Count's acquaintances is mentioned in Chapter 84 as supporting what type of establishment?

2. What is one of the main ideas brought into Diotima's circle of intellectuals in Chapter 89?

3. How old is Gerda?

4. What mistaken idea does Arnheim possess in Chapter 92?

5. Arnheim has traveled extensively in what areas of the world?

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