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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 69 - 72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following made the person mentioned in Chapter 48 famous?
(a) Money and possessions.
(b) Science, learning, and writing.
(c) Marriage by association and power.
(d) Aristocratic position and good looks.

2. According to Musil, which of the following geographical areas emphasized decorum, yet allure in dress?
(a) Asia and the Pacific.
(b) America and Canada.
(c) Austria and Germany.
(d) England and France.

3. Whose sanity was under question in Chapter 32?
(a) Bonadea's.
(b) Clarisse's.
(c) Ulrich's.
(d) Moosbrugger's.

4. Which of the following groups of writers shared the same literary lineage with Musil?
(a) Milton, Yeats, and Balzac.
(b) Tolstoy, Balzac, and Dostoevsky.
(c) Spencer, Wordsworth, and Shakespeare.
(d) Goethe, Marx, and Whitmore.

5. Which of the following types of commoner was Diotoma's husband?
(a) Highest.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Lowest.
(d) Everyday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived at the end of Chapter 25?

2. What was the name of Fischel's daughter?

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

4. Who was the little black boy whom Arnheim took in Chapter 55?

5. Which of the following was a common reply given out by the Count in Chapter 56?

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