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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?
(a) Into the education field.
(b) To drama school.
(c) To offer his services for rescue work.
(d) Into the civil engineering field.

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

3. Which of the following traits did Ulrich seem most enamored by in his lover?
(a) Her singing.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her dancing.
(d) Her speech.

4. Which of the following did the man who Ulrich considered to be of importance turn out to be?
(a) A coward.
(b) An informant.
(c) A thief.
(d) A benefactor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of writers shared the same literary lineage with Musil?

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

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

4. Which of the following specialty areas best described Ulrich's education?

5. Whom of the following was Ulrich curious about in order to understand what a man of importance was like?

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