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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 Moosbrugger?

2. Who visits Diotima in Chapter 75?

3. To what type of individual does the author compare the General to describe his attitude toward his work?

4. What effect does Arnheim's family business have on his relationship with General Stumm in Chapter 89?

5. Who is Count Leinsdorf?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the course of the General's career development as outlined in Chapter 80?

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

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

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

5. What does Clarisse do in Chapter 82 that embarrasses Ulrich?

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

7. Who is Count Leinsdorf, and how is he described in Chapter 76?

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

9. Who is Goethe, and how does Arnheim feel about him as described in Chapter 96?

10. According to the narrator in Chapter 92, why is Arnheim different from many rich people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Soliman and Rachel are in a similar position, yet they handle themselves very differently. How do Rachel and Soliman's attitudes toward their employers and their situations differ, and why? How does Soliman influence Rachel? What message is the author trying to convey through these two characters?

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

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?

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