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

2. What happens when a book becomes important enough, according to the author?

3. Why is there a conflict between Walter and Ulrich, according to Clarisse?

4. What mistaken idea does Arnheim possess in Chapter 92?

5. What was the General's attitude toward his job as time went on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Soliman meet Rachel?

5. What is revealed about Georg in Chapter 97?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ulrich and Diotima have several discussions regarding personality and its repression. What happens when an individual's personality or parts of it is repressed? Why does Ulrich suppress parts of his personality? What effect has it had on him as a person, and why? Why do he and Diotima have such different views on this topic?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The author weighs in on the legal status of children and slaves as property of their parents and owners, respectively. Why were these laws put in place? What purpose were they intended to serve? When do these laws fail, and what is done in those cases? How have these laws changed since the book was written, and why? Do you think the author would approve of these changes?

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