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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Soliman?

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

3. How did Diotima feel when the individual who received the invitation in Chapter 80 arrived at her home?

4. With whom does Soliman fall in love in Chapter 79?

5. According to the information presented in Chapter 92, what does money do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What situation regarding an invitation develops in Chapter 80?

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

4. What do Ulrich and General Stumm say about Diotima in Chapter 85?

5. How did Soliman meet Rachel?

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

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

8. How did Moosbrugger plead on the several occasions that he went before the judges as outlined in Chapter 86?

9. What theory does Ulrich develop in Chapter 91?

10. What is revealed about Georg in Chapter 97?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the main characters are involved in politics on some level. What does the Collateral Campaign do? What is its goal? What is the difference between practical and ideological politics? Which is more useful, and why? What are some of the major political issues at hand, and how do the main characters feel about them? What is each character's role in influencing politics on a local and national level?

Essay Topic 2

The author assumes that readers will be familiar with the Kakanians, and therefore the term is never really explained. From the context, what can you infer about what this term means? Who are the Kakanians? What is the area referred to as Kakania? What is its relationship with Austria?

Essay Topic 3

At several points in the novel, the author refers to the relationship between humans and nature, which have a profound impact on one another. What impact does man have on nature? And nature on man? Has this relationship changed, since the novel was written? If so, how? Do you think the author would have had the same attitude if he had lived during our time?

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