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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Musil spend most of his life?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) Austria.
(d) Slovakia.

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

4. How many chapters are included in the two-volume set of The Man Without Qualities?
(a) 12.
(b) 72.
(c) 24.
(d) 84.

5. According to Musil, which of the following geographical areas emphasized decorum, yet allure in dress?
(a) England and France.
(b) Austria and Germany.
(c) Asia and the Pacific.
(d) America and Canada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following did Ulrich notice that the country that he visited was moving toward in Chapter 21?

3. Where did Musil relocate when the Nazis' power grew?

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

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

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