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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 did the person whom Ulrich met leave him with in Chapter 20?
(a) A sense of humility.
(b) A sense of laziness.
(c) A sense of aristocracy.
(d) A sense of hard work.

2. 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) Forgiveness, but no vengeance.
(d) Regret, but no remorse.

3. What was one of the country's characteristics that had changed that Ulrich noticed in Chapter 21?
(a) Its architecture.
(b) Its people.
(c) Its food.
(d) Its flag.

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

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

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

7. According to Musil, what portion of the female body was covered up in clothing?
(a) Waist upward.
(b) Bosom downward.
(c) Stomach upward.
(d) Neck downward.

8. What was the name of the person whom people wanted Ulrich to meet in Chapter 22?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Hermine.
(c) Janice.
(d) Fiona.

9. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?
(a) That more equipment would end up being broken than getting fixed.
(b) That jobs in the field would open, and then close up.
(c) That it empowered and enslaved.
(d) That it led those in the profession to fight and then make peace.

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

11. Which of the following countries were close-knit rivals in Chapter 21?
(a) Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia.
(b) England, Holland, and Germany.
(c) Austria, Germany, and Prussia.
(d) France, England, and Luxembourg.

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

13. What type of communication did Ulrich find among the people whom he studied and worked with in Chapter 10?
(a) Underhanded.
(b) Intuitive.
(c) Open.
(d) Closed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following traits possessed by Ulrich's lover did not become apparent at first, but rather became evident later?

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

4. How many chapters are included in the two-volume set of The Man Without Qualities?

5. What happened to Ulrich while he was out drinking in Chapter 1?

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