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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. Why does Soliman have extra money in Chapter 104?
(a) He is stealing from his employer.
(b) He has been saving up.
(c) He got a raise.
(d) He sold a personal possession.

2. Why does Arnheim make some irrational presumptions about wealth, according to the author in Chapter 106?
(a) He doesn't want to be wealthy and doesn't appreciate the opportunities being wealthy has given him.
(b) His family had some strange ideas about wealth.
(c) He was born into wealth instead of having to work his way into it.
(d) He doesn't understand the ideals and motivations of middle-class people.

3. Where are Rachel and Soliman in Chapter 104?
(a) At Rache's house.
(b) At a party which their employers have attended.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) At Soliman's house.

4. Who expresses concern in Chapter 107, about Arnheim's relationship with Diotima?
(a) General Stumm.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Count Leinsdorf.
(d) Diotima's husband.

5. What does Arnheim believe about moral and material wealth?
(a) They are one and the same.
(b) They sometimes coexist.
(c) They go together.
(d) They are mutually exclusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is giving a speech in Chapter 116?

2. What is General Stumm's reason for recommending a certain author to Ulrich in Chapter 100?

3. Which individual is not mentioned by Ulrich as one of his long-term friends in Chapter 103?

4. When Moosbrugger's trial reached the courts, what type of issue did it become?

5. What is the main interest outsiders seem to show in Moosbrugger, according to the information presented in Chapter 110?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do outsiders relate to Moosbrugger, and why are they interested in him, according to the information presented in Chapter 110?

2. What comparison does General Stumm make between libraries and warfare in Chapter 100?

3. What do Ulrich and Arnheim say about Moosbrugger in Chapter 121?

4. What does Diotima do with Count Leinsdorf in Chapter 114?

5. What is the status of Diotima and Arnheim's relationship in Chapter 105?

6. What is revealed about Arnheim in Chapter 116?

7. What changes in Chapter 117 for Rachel?

8. What concept does Arnheim contemplate in Chapter 106, and how does he feel about it?

9. What is the concept of "diminished responsibility" as outlined in Chapter 111?

10. What idea does Ulrich have at the end of Chapter 120?

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