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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What effect does Arnheim's family business have on his relationship with General Stumm in Chapter 89?
(a) It makes them respect but still distrust one another.
(b) It has no effect on their relationship.
(c) It leads them to realize that they have some surprising things in common.
(d) It creates an even greater rift between them.

3. Why was the General promoted to staff officer?
(a) He had military connections.
(b) The others had noticed he was something of a philosopher.
(c) He went above and beyond the call of duty.
(d) He showed himself to be extremely dedicated and patriotic.

4. What did Arnheim say in Chapter 94, which made Diotima realize her feelings for him?
(a) He conveyed to her his depth of feeling for her husband and how he valued their friendship.
(b) He talked about the perception of reality and how the concept should be abolished.
(c) He told her about his decision to fund the orphanage with his own money.
(d) He flattered her immensely and told her that of all her virtues her intellect was the most valuable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Moosbrugger?

2. Who is Soliman?

3. What do Ulrich and Klementine discuss in Chapter 73?

4. Who is Count Leinsdorf?

5. What is Diotima's opinion of working life as stated in Chapter 93?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Arnheim do what the author thinks would be best for him in Chapter 86?

2. What is Ulrich's relationship with Count Leinsdorf in Chapter 81?

3. How did Soliman meet Rachel?

4. What information is revealed about Arnheim's family and past in Chapters 89 and 90?

5. What is the author's digression in relation to the forces of nature in Chapter 75?

6. What does Clarisse realize about the "man without qualities" in Chapter 97?

7. What is the difference in the way rich people and poor people view wealth, according to the narrator's statements in Chapter 92?

8. What is revealed about Georg in Chapter 97?

9. What does Clarisse do in Chapter 82 that embarrasses Ulrich?

10. What information is given about Gerda in Chapter 73?

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