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

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

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

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

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

6. Whom of the following was Ulrich apparently better at implementation than in Chapter 15?
(a) Kate.
(b) Walter.
(c) Nigel.
(d) Marx.

7. Who was Ulrich's lover in Chapter 5?
(a) Leona.
(b) Ursula.
(c) Janice.
(d) Mary.

8. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?
(a) Her attraction to men.
(b) Her insecurity about her appearance.
(c) Her deceptive nature.
(d) Her impatience with life.

9. What city did Musil live in later in life as a post-Expressionist writer?
(a) Copenhagen.
(b) London.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Prague.

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

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

12. What kind of woman was Ulrich's rescuer?
(a) Deceitful.
(b) Lustful.
(c) Loving.
(d) Sensuous.

13. When her friendship with Ulrich escalated, which of the following types of intimacy developed between them in Chapter 12?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Desired.
(c) Open.
(d) Forbidden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people did Ulrich face in Chapter 6?

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

3. Which of the following was Robert Musil's nationality?

4. Where did Musil spend most of his life?

5. What year was Musil born?

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