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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ulrich in a mess in Chapter 6?
(a) Because he had been feeling sick.
(b) Because he had been in a street fight.
(c) Because he had been shot.
(d) Because he had been in an accident.

2. Which of the following groups of writers shared the same literary lineage with Musil?
(a) Tolstoy, Balzac, and Dostoevsky.
(b) Goethe, Marx, and Whitmore.
(c) Milton, Yeats, and Balzac.
(d) Spencer, Wordsworth, and Shakespeare.

3. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?
(a) Her deceptive nature.
(b) Her attraction to men.
(c) Her impatience with life.
(d) Her insecurity about her appearance.

4. What city did Musil live in later in life as a post-Expressionist writer?
(a) Prague.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) London.
(d) Geneva.

5. Who was Ulrich's lover in Chapter 5?
(a) Janice.
(b) Leona.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did the person whom Ulrich met leave him with in Chapter 20?

2. When her friendship with Ulrich escalated, which of the following types of intimacy developed between them in Chapter 12?

3. What was the name of the person whom people wanted Ulrich to meet in Chapter 22?

4. What did Ulrich do to the woman in Chapter 12?

5. Who influenced Ulrich in his study?

(see the answer key)

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