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

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

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

4. According to the author in Chapter 92, what belief is commonly held by rich people?
(a) That poor people are poor because they are lazy.
(b) That families who have been rich for generations are somehow better than those who just came into money.
(c) That being rich is not as much of a privilege as poor people
(d) That money has no real value, and a person's life can't be measured by it.

5. The author suggests in Chapter 77 that an ancient philosopher could do what?
(a) Go to a newspaper and prove his identity to the editors.
(b) Discuss political strategy with world leaders.
(c) Host his own salon.
(d) Change the worldview of the most influential people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Count Leinsdorf addressed?

3. Who visits Diotima in Chapter 75?

4. The author claims that the General suffered from becoming repeatedly infatuated with what types of women?

5. What is Klementine's reaction to the topic Ulrich introduces in Chapter 73?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the relationship between Diotima and Arnheim described in Chapter 93?

2. What point does the author make in Chapter 88 about the value of books?

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

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

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

6. What is Ulrich and Gerda's relationship like as explained in Chapter 74?

7. What do Ulrich and Gerda's parents talk about in Chapter 73?

8. How did Soliman meet Rachel?

9. What point does the author make in Chapter 77, using an ancient Grecian philosopher as an example to back up his argument?

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

(see the answer keys)

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