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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Musil, which of the following characterized the previous Century?
(a) War and disease.
(b) Art, music, and poetry.
(c) Music and philosophy.
(d) Technological advancement and social progress.

3. For which of the following did Diotoma carry the proverbial torch in Chapter 26?
(a) For the Political Campaign.
(b) For the Cultural Campaign.
(c) For the Collateral Campaign.
(d) For the Species Campaign.

4. Who did Ulrich meet and become attracted to in Chapter 22?
(a) Hermine.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Janice.
(d) Diotima.

5. What happened to Ulrich while he was out drinking in Chapter 1?
(a) He was mugged.
(b) He fell down.
(c) He was involved in an accident.
(d) He shattered the goblet from which he was drinking.

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

7. Which of the following specialty areas best described Ulrich's education?
(a) Music.
(b) Arts.
(c) Sciences.
(d) Philosophies.

8. Which of the following cultural groups was not popular in Europe?
(a) The Swedish.
(b) The English.
(c) The German.
(d) The Jewish.

9. What did the judge try to bring into question about the defendant in Chapter 30?
(a) Remorse, but no regret.
(b) Anger, but no regret.
(c) Regret, but no remorse.
(d) Forgiveness, but no vengeance.

10. Which of the following did Musil write about as being affected by changes at the turn of the Century?
(a) Populace.
(b) Writers.
(c) Mathematicians.
(d) Musicians.

11. Which of the following did the Northern Europeans lack in terms of literature?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Sturm und Drang.
(c) Gothic literature.
(d) Expressionism.

12. Which of the following did Ulrich notice that the country he visited was in during a protracted period in Chapter 21?
(a) Political stalemate.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Feudalism.
(d) Civil war.

13. Which of the following traits possessed by Ulrich's lover did not become apparent at first, but rather became evident later?
(a) Temper.
(b) Overeating.
(c) Greed.
(d) Depression.

14. How many children did the woman who rescued Ulrich have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

15. In Chapter 8, which of the following did the narrator describe as a form of intimacy that was not right?
(a) Eating.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Praying.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Diotoma react when her husband did not take her new endeavor seriously?

2. With whom did Ulrich discuss the crime in Chapter 30?

3. Between which of the following did Ulrich draw a comparison in Chapter 30?

4. What was one of the country's characteristics that had changed that Ulrich noticed in Chapter 21?

5. Which of the following was the War in which Musil served?

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