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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the victim was dead or alive.
(d) Whether Ulrich would defend himself.

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

3. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?
(a) Her impatience with life.
(b) Her deceptive nature.
(c) Her insecurity about her appearance.
(d) Her attraction to men.

4. Which of the following did Ulrich's lover do for a living?
(a) Waited tables.
(b) Sang in a cabaret.
(c) Danced nude.
(d) Cooked meals.

5. Which of the following trait types were discovered with the newness of the Century?
(a) Long and muted.
(b) Similar and equitable.
(c) Paradoxical and contradictory.
(d) Fashionable and appealing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following were women expected to emphasize while remaining demure in Chapter 15?

2. Which of the following traits did Ulrich seem most enamored by in his lover?

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

4. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?

5. In Chapter 8, which of the following did the narrator describe as a form of intimacy that was not right?

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