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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. What was the position in the country that was held by Diotoma's husband in Chapter 25?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Permanent Secretary.
(c) Count.
(d) Archduke.

5. Which of the following did Ulrich join after he finished school?
(a) A choir.
(b) An alumni association.
(c) A union.
(d) The military.

6. Which of the following statements best describes what the Count said to Diotoma about her idea in Chapter 25?
(a) That it was too expensive.
(b) That it was a point of cultural development.
(c) That it was a foolish idea.
(d) That it was too difficult to comprehend.

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

8. Which of the following did Ulrich's lover do for a living?
(a) Waited tables.
(b) Danced nude.
(c) Sang in a cabaret.
(d) Cooked meals.

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

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

11. How was Diotoma transforming herself in Chapter 25?
(a) She was becoming more mature.
(b) She was becoming more difficult.
(c) She was becoming more loving.
(d) She was becoming colder.

12. Where did Ulrich go after leaving the cavalry?
(a) To drama school.
(b) Into the civil engineering field.
(c) Into the education field.
(d) To offer his services for rescue work.

13. Where did Musil relocate when the Nazis' power grew?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Austria.
(d) Germany.

14. Which of the following was affected by the defendant's alleged actions in Chapter 30?
(a) A young man.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A bank.
(d) A storefront.

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) Populace.
(d) Musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following types of commoner was Diotoma's husband?

2. What city did Musil live in later in life as a post-Expressionist writer?

3. Which of the following traits did Ulrich seem most enamored by in his lover?

4. Which of the following brought about a story shift in Chapter 22?

5. What did Ulrich do to the woman in Chapter 12?

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