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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was Musil born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1890.

2. In Chapter 71, which of the following ladies acted as a gracious hostess and helper, as well as organizer of the event?
(a) Giovanna.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Diotima.
(d) Lucy.

3. Where did Musil spend most of his life?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) America.
(d) Slovakia.

4. Over which of the following periods of time had Ulrich matured?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was different about Diotoma compared to many women of her social sphere in Chapter 25?

3. Which of the following trait types were discovered with the newness of the Century?

4. What did Musil say that hunters were in Chapter 72?

5. Which of the following made the person mentioned in Chapter 48 famous?

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