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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did the Northern Europeans lack in terms of literature?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Sturm und Drang.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Gothic literature.

2. Which of the following was the War in which Musil served?
(a) Austro-Hungarian War.
(b) World War II.
(c) Korean War.
(d) World War I.

3. In Chapter 8, which of the following did the narrator describe as a form of intimacy that was not right?
(a) Sex.
(b) Praying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Fighting.

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

5. In Chapter 6, who found Ulrich in a dreadful condition and sent him home in a cab?
(a) A priest.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A woman.
(d) A fireman.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following did the man who Ulrich considered to be of importance turn out to be?

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

5. What type of communication did Ulrich find among the people whom he studied and worked with in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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