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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. How does the author describe Clarisse?

2. What was the topic of the letter that Clarisse wrote to Count Leinsdorf in Chapter 82?

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

4. What important concept is introduced in Chapter 99?

5. How is the importance of a book determined, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Ulrich and General Stumm think about intellect, as revealed by their conversation in Chapter 85?

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

6. What is revealed about Georg in Chapter 97?

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

8. What are some of the ideological debates going on in the Collateral Campaign in Chapter 89?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author states that the importance of a book is judged by its sales. Do you agree? What does he mean by a book's "importance"? Does a book have an inherent value that is separate from its economic value? If so, how should that value be measured? Is this situation different now than it was when this book was written?

Essay Topic 2

Ulrich and Gerda almost have an affair, but because they feel pressured, not because either of them really wants to. What message regarding social pressure is the author trying to convey with this interaction? Who was pressuring Ulrich and Gerda? What initially caused them to want to have an affair? What caused them to change their minds? What ramifications might this affair have had, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Arnheim, Ulrich, and others all have different attitudes toward material wealth and what it means. Why is the significance of wealth so subjective? Why do rich and poor have different attitudes toward it? How does Arnheim's attitude toward wealth differ as a result of being born into a family with money, and why? Do you think our attitudes toward wealth in modern society are different from when the book was written?

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