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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ulrich's relationship with Gerda, as described in Chapter 74?
(a) They were close and sometimes intimate.
(b) They were once in love but had fallen out of love.
(c) They were close but had never fallen in love.
(d) They were merely acquaintances.

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

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

4. What is the Count's major source of wealth?
(a) Stocks and bonds.
(b) Land ownership.
(c) Slave labor.
(d) An inheritance.

5. What does Clarisse think is the main difference between the two men she compares in Chapter 97?
(a) One is in love with her, and the other is not.
(b) One is musical, and the other is not.
(c) One is successful, and the other is not.
(d) One is compassionate, and the other is not.

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

7. When did Arnheim do the majority of his traveling?
(a) During World War I.
(b) Before World War I.
(c) During World War II.
(d) After World War I.

8. What example does the author use in Chapter 74 to describe the power of natural forces?
(a) The Moon's orbit around the Earth.
(b) The way some animals mate for life.
(c) The Moon's effect on the tides.
(d) The unstoppable power of tornadoes and hurricanes.

9. What approach does the individual funding the project in Chapter 84 choose not to employ?
(a) Asking aristocrats for charitable donations.
(b) Using his involvement in the project to boost his political career.
(c) Funding the project with all of his own money.
(d) An interdenominational establishment.

10. Who becomes infatuated with Diotima in Chapter 85?
(a) General Stumm.
(b) Arnheim.
(c) Count Leinsdorf.
(d) Ulrich.

11. How is the importance of a book determined, according to the author?
(a) By its impact on popular culture.
(b) By its critical reviews.
(c) By its sales.
(d) By the popularity of its writer.

12. What was difficult about Aunt Jane's life as she is introduced in Chapter 99?
(a) She attended functions with people she abhorred simply because it was her duty as a wife.
(b) She lost all her money but still tried to associate with people from her old circles.
(c) She raised her stepchildren after her husband abandoned them all.
(d) She was pregnant several times, but all ended in miscarriage.

13. What was the topic of the letter that Clarisse wrote to Count Leinsdorf in Chapter 82?
(a) Purchasing one of the Count's properties.
(b) Creating a Nietzsche Year.
(c) Allowing Ulrich to take advantage of the Count's political connections.
(d) Starting her own salon, with the Count's permission and funding.

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

15. Clarisse compares Moosbrugger to "the man without" what?
(a) Reservedness.
(b) Compunctions.
(c) Qualities.
(d) Caring.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 92, what belief is commonly held by rich people?

2. Which two people admit to liking Ulrich in Chapter 93?

3. What is the collective title for Arnheim and Diotima's activities?

4. Which German is mentioned in Chapter 96 as being one of the greats who arose from a class of prosperous tradesmen?

5. In Chapter 85, the General expresses to Ulrich his disappointment in what?

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