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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What trait of a married woman was under discussion in Chapter 25?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her role.
(c) Her choice.
(d) Her soul.

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

4. Which of the following was the name of the affected party at the trial in Chapter 30?
(a) First Union Bank.
(b) Jimmy's store.
(c) Hedwig.
(d) Luther.

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

6. In Chapter 6, who found Ulrich in a dreadful condition and sent him home in a cab?
(a) A fireman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A woman.

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

8. With whom did Ulrich discuss the crime in Chapter 30?
(a) Clarisse.
(b) Arnheim.
(c) Bonadea.
(d) Moosbrugger.

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

10. What did the issue of sanity do for the person in question in Chapter 32?
(a) Offered sympathy.
(b) Lighten the sentence.
(c) Bring forth a pardon.
(d) Removed obstacles.

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

12. Which of the following types of commoner was Diotoma's husband?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Lowest.
(c) Highest.
(d) Everyday.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, which of the following gave humans tremendous power through their use?

2. Which of the following groups of writers shared the same literary lineage with Musil?

3. For which of the following did Diotoma carry the proverbial torch in Chapter 26?

4. Whom of the following was Ulrich apparently better at implementation than in Chapter 15?

5. How many children did the woman who rescued Ulrich have?

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