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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom did her husband appear more gifted than Ulrich in Chapter 15?
(a) Leona.
(b) Janice.
(c) Bonadea.
(d) Clarisse.

3. When her friendship with Ulrich escalated, which of the following types of intimacy developed between them in Chapter 12?
(a) Open.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Desired.
(d) Forbidden.

4. Who did Ulrich meet and become attracted to in Chapter 22?
(a) Janice.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Diotima.
(d) Hermine.

5. Which of the following specialty areas best described Ulrich's education?
(a) Arts.
(b) Sciences.
(c) Music.
(d) Philosophies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?

2. What kind of woman was Ulrich's rescuer?

3. Which of the following did Musil write about as being affected by changes at the turn of the Century?

4. According to Musil, what portion of the female body was covered up in clothing?

5. In Chapter 6, who found Ulrich in a dreadful condition and sent him home in a cab?

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