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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 merely acquaintances.
(b) They were close but had never fallen in love.
(c) They were close and sometimes intimate.
(d) They were once in love but had fallen out of love.

2. What relationship is mentioned by the author in Chapter 96?
(a) The relationship between science and the Church.
(b) The relationship between church and state.
(c) The relationship between science and emotion.
(d) The relationship between jealousy and insecurity.

3. One of the Count's acquaintances is mentioned in Chapter 84 as supporting what type of establishment?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A library.
(c) A sanitarium.
(d) A hospital.

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

5. Why are rich people often troubled by other peoples' reaction to their wealth?
(a) They don't understand the emphasis placed on material wealth by poor people.
(b) They want to be valued for reasons other than their wealth.
(c) They believe others should work for their money, not ask rich people to give it to them.
(d) They don't want other people to take advantage of them and steal their money.

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

7. How does Ulrich accidentally address the General, in Chapter 85?
(a) "Sir."
(b) "Your Highness."
(c) "Major."
(d) "Colonel."

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

9. What is discussed regarding Diotima in Chapter 93?
(a) The fact that her relationship with Arnheim has remained completely nonsexual.
(b) The liking she has taken to Ulrich.
(c) Her mentoring of Clarissa.
(d) Her inappropriate relationship with Arnheim.

10. What do Ulrich and Klementine discuss in Chapter 73?
(a) Anti-Semitism.
(b) Ulrich's love for Gerda.
(c) Leo's hopes for a promotion.
(d) The upcoming war.

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

12. Who is Moosbrugger?
(a) A hobo and a beggar.
(b) A businessman who was successful but has fallen on hard times.
(c) A prosperous businessman.
(d) A murderer.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of individual does the author compare the General to describe his attitude toward his work?

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

3. What relationship does Arnheim use as an example to illustrate the importance of the concept he brings up in Chapter 96?

4. How old is Gerda?

5. In Chapter 81, how often does Ulrich meet with Count Leinsdorf?

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