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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Musil, which of the following types of behaviors were expected of women?
(a) Being alluring - yet shy.
(b) Being provocative and bold.
(c) Being talkative and pushy.
(d) Being demanding and unrelenting.

2. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?
(a) That it empowered and enslaved.
(b) That jobs in the field would open, and then close up.
(c) That more equipment would end up being broken than getting fixed.
(d) That it led those in the profession to fight and then make peace.

3. 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.

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

5. Why was Ulrich in a mess in Chapter 6?
(a) Because he had been shot.
(b) Because he had been feeling sick.
(c) Because he had been in a street fight.
(d) Because he had been in an accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Musil, which of the following presented a paradox at the turn of the Century?

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

3. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?

4. Which of the following did Musil write about as being affected by changes at the turn of the Century?

5. To whom did her husband appear more gifted than Ulrich in Chapter 15?

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