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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. According to the author in Chapter 112, at what point does a great man cease to be great?

2. How does Bonadea feel about her husband?

3. According to the author in Chapter 116, what is the main thing that is holding Ulrich back?

4. What does Count Leinsdorf advise Diotima to study in Chapter 114?

5. Who ended Ulrich and Bonadea's affair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Diotima and Ulrich discuss in Chapter 101?

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

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

6. What is happening politically in Chapter 120?

7. What does the narrator say about children and servants in Chapter 113?

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

9. What happens to Bonadea in Chapter 115?

10. What do Walter and Clarisse fight about in Chapter 118?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anti-Semitism is an important concept in this novel. Which of the main characters were at some point affected by anti-Semitism? How did it affect them? How did it change their outlook or their position in life?

Essay Topic 2

Ulrich has relationships with several women throughout the course of the novel. Some are platonic, but some are not. How does Ulrich view women? How does he interact with them? What generalizations does he make that affect the way he treats them? Does he treat his female friends differently from his male friends?

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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