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

2. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?
(a) Predation.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Death.
(d) Temporary nature.

3. Whom of the following did Ulrich meet in Chapter 20?
(a) Neumann.
(b) Leinsdorf.
(c) Victor.
(d) Stallburg.

4. What affair ended in Chapter 33?
(a) The one between Ulrich and Bonadea.
(b) The one between Arnheim and Bonadea.
(c) The one between Moosbrugger and Clarisse.
(d) The one between Ulrich and Clarisse.

5. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, which of the following gave humans tremendous power through their use?
(a) Languages.
(b) Guides.
(c) Machines.
(d) Prayers.

6. Who was on trial in Chapter 30?
(a) Clarisse.
(b) Moosbrugger.
(c) Arnheim.
(d) Bonadea.

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

8. Which of the following was Robert Musil's nationality?
(a) Slovakian.
(b) Czech.
(c) American.
(d) Austrian.

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

10. To which of the following did Ulrich compare the effects of the defendant in Chapter 31?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A priest.
(d) A broker.

11. Which of the following did Diotoma establish in Chapter 25?
(a) A salon.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A company.
(d) A philanthropic organization.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom of the following did Ulrich visit in Chapter 21?

3. Which of the following did Ulrich notice that the country that he visited was moving toward in Chapter 21?

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

5. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?

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