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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 55 - 59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who of the following warned the idealist about getting hopes up in Chapter 49?
(a) Diotoma.
(b) Arnheim.
(c) Walter.
(d) Leinsdorf.

2. Between which of the following was a difference drawn out in Chapter 41?
(a) Austrian and Prussian.
(b) French and Austrian.
(c) German and Swedish.
(d) Swedish and Prussian.

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

4. Where did Ulrich spend time with his lover?
(a) Out in public.
(b) In private quarters.
(c) Both - in private quarters and out in public.
(d) In the rural countryside.

5. What particular characteristic(s) did the identity question relate to in Chapter 39?
(a) Size.
(b) Choice.
(c) Qualities.
(d) Shapes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the judge state that the defendant did regularly with other people in Chapter 30?

4. Who was Ulrich's lover in Chapter 5?

5. Who influenced Ulrich in his study?

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