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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. Which two people admit to liking Ulrich in Chapter 93?
(a) General Stumm and Arnheim.
(b) General Stumm and Permanent Secretary Tuzzi.
(c) Arnheim and Diotima.
(d) Arnheim and Permanent Secretary Tuzzi.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, why are some writers' situations strange?

2. Who becomes infatuated with Diotima in Chapter 85?

3. Why are rich people often troubled by other peoples' reaction to their wealth?

4. Which ancient philosopher is the topic of Chapter 77?

5. Which character from the previous volume is reintroduced in Chapter 74?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Count Leinsdorf, and how is he described in Chapter 76?

2. Who is Aunt Jane, and what is her history as outlined in Chapter 99?

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

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

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

6. What does the author say in Chapter 77 about losing one's sense of reality?

7. What is Diotima's psychological situation in Chapter 94?

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

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

10. According to the narrator in Chapter 92, why is Arnheim different from many rich people?

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