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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, which of the following gave humans tremendous power through their use?
(a) Languages.
(b) Machines.
(c) Guides.
(d) Prayers.

2. What type of communication did Ulrich find among the people whom he studied and worked with in Chapter 10?
(a) Closed.
(b) Intuitive.
(c) Open.
(d) Underhanded.

3. What did Ulrich do to the woman in Chapter 12?
(a) Pushed her.
(b) Flattered her.
(c) Pulled her away.
(d) Criticized her.

4. Where did Musil end up living later in life?
(a) America.
(b) Austria.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

5. In Chapter 1, what was uncertain at the scene when the ambulance arrived?
(a) Whether the driver was present.
(b) Whether Ulrich was guilty.
(c) Whether Ulrich would defend himself.
(d) Whether the victim was dead or alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was Robert Musil's nationality?

2. What happened to Ulrich while he was out drinking in Chapter 1?

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

4. What city did Musil live in later in life as a post-Expressionist writer?

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

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