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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what was uncertain at the scene when the ambulance arrived?
(a) Whether the driver was present.
(b) Whether the victim was dead or alive.
(c) Whether Ulrich was guilty.
(d) Whether Ulrich would defend himself.

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

3. Which of the following brought about a story shift in Chapter 22?
(a) Love interest.
(b) Political story.
(c) Civilian readings.
(d) Marketing influence.

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

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

6. What was different about Diotoma compared to many women of her social sphere in Chapter 25?
(a) She was more determined.
(b) She was unfriendlier.
(c) She was more masculine.
(d) She was more supportive.

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

8. Why was the woman in Chapter 15 sad about her husband?
(a) Because he was not intellectual.
(b) Because he was not a hard worker.
(c) Because he was not handsome.
(d) Because he was not prominent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Musil born?

2. Who influenced Ulrich in his study?

3. What was one of the country's characteristics that had changed that Ulrich noticed in Chapter 21?

4. Which of the following did the man who Ulrich considered to be of importance turn out to be?

5. Which of the following did Ulrich's lover do for a living?

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