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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 Musil, which of the following characterized the previous Century?
(a) Technological advancement and social progress.
(b) War and disease.
(c) Music and philosophy.
(d) Art, music, and poetry.

2. What was the name of the person whom people wanted Ulrich to meet in Chapter 22?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Hermine.
(c) Dorothea.
(d) Janice.

3. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?
(a) Death.
(b) Temporary nature.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Predation.

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

5. Whom of the following did Ulrich visit in Chapter 21?
(a) Stallenbach.
(b) Leinsdorf.
(c) Moosbrugger.
(d) Nigel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following trait types were discovered with the newness of the Century?

2. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?

3. Where did Ulrich travel in Chapter 21?

4. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?

5. Where did Ulrich spend time with his lover?

(see the answer key)

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