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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 - 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Ulrich's lover do for a living?
(a) Cooked meals.
(b) Sang in a cabaret.
(c) Danced nude.
(d) Waited tables.

2. Which of the following did the man who Ulrich considered to be of importance turn out to be?
(a) A coward.
(b) A benefactor.
(c) An informant.
(d) A thief.

3. Which of the following did Ulrich join after he finished school?
(a) An alumni association.
(b) A choir.
(c) The military.
(d) A union.

4. Which of the following traits did Ulrich seem most enamored by in his lover?
(a) Her speech.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her dancing.
(d) Her singing.

5. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?
(a) That it led those in the profession to fight and then make peace.
(b) That jobs in the field would open, and then close up.
(c) That more equipment would end up being broken than getting fixed.
(d) That it empowered and enslaved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Musil born?

2. Which of the following did the Northern Europeans lack in terms of literature?

3. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, which of the following gave humans tremendous power through their use?

4. Which of the following specialty areas best described Ulrich's education?

5. According to Musil, which of the following presented a paradox at the turn of the Century?

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