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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following trait types were discovered with the newness of the Century?
(a) Long and muted.
(b) Similar and equitable.
(c) Paradoxical and contradictory.
(d) Fashionable and appealing.

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

3. Which of the following was affected by the defendant's alleged actions in Chapter 30?
(a) A bank.
(b) A young man.
(c) A storefront.
(d) A young woman.

4. How many chapters are included in the two-volume set of The Man Without Qualities?
(a) 84.
(b) 24.
(c) 72.
(d) 12.

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

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

7. What did the judge state that the defendant did regularly with other people in Chapter 30?
(a) Deceived them.
(b) Steal from them.
(c) Fight them.
(d) Blame them.

8. How was Diotoma transforming herself in Chapter 25?
(a) She was becoming more difficult.
(b) She was becoming more loving.
(c) She was becoming colder.
(d) She was becoming more mature.

9. Whom of the following did Ulrich visit in Chapter 21?
(a) Nigel.
(b) Stallenbach.
(c) Leinsdorf.
(d) Moosbrugger.

10. Who rescued Ulrich in Chapter 12?
(a) Leona.
(b) Bonadea.
(c) Jan.
(d) Mary.

11. To whom did her husband appear more gifted than Ulrich in Chapter 15?
(a) Leona.
(b) Clarisse.
(c) Janice.
(d) Bonadea.

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

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

14. Which of the following was the War in which Musil served?
(a) World War II.
(b) Korean War.
(c) Austro-Hungarian War.
(d) World War I.

15. Where did Ulrich travel in Chapter 21?
(a) To Liege.
(b) To Prague.
(c) To France.
(d) To Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ulrich in a mess in Chapter 6?

2. Which of the following did the person whom Ulrich met leave him with in Chapter 20?

3. Which of the following did Ulrich join after he finished school?

4. In Chapter 6, who found Ulrich in a dreadful condition and sent him home in a cab?

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

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