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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. To whom does Gerda go with her knowledge of Arnheim's motives in Chapter 119?

2. Who is the gathered crowd protesting in Chapter 120?

3. From what ailment is Bonadea suffering in Chapter 115?

4. According to the author in Chapter 116, there is sometimes a relationship between what two concepts?

5. What did Ulrich do to offend Arnheim in Chapter 112?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Arnheim in Chapter 116?

2. What information is given by the General in Chapter 116?

3. What does Gerda do with the information she gains in Chapter 119, and why?

4. Who does Ulrich encounter in Chapter 122, and how does he respond?

5. What information does Gerda gain in Chapter 119, and how?

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

7. What is the author trying to demonstrate through Ulrich and Gerda's actions in Chapter 119?

8. How was Ulrich working against Arnheim, as described in Chapter 112?

9. What information is presented in Chapter 102 regarding Hans Sepp?

10. What is Count Leinsdorf concerned about in Chapter 107?

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

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 3

Ulrich is described by Clarisse in terms of the novel's title. He is the "man without qualities." What does Clarisse mean by this? Why is Ulrich described this way? Is it possible for someone to be completely without qualities? Do you agree with this description of Ulrich?

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