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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 trait types were discovered with the newness of the Century?
(a) Similar and equitable.
(b) Long and muted.
(c) Paradoxical and contradictory.
(d) Fashionable and appealing.

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

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

4. How did Diotoma react when her husband did not take her new endeavor seriously?
(a) She was distressed.
(b) She was not perturbed.
(c) She was jealous.
(d) She was angry.

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

6. Which of the following was Robert Musil's nationality?
(a) Czech.
(b) American.
(c) Austrian.
(d) Slovakian.

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

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

9. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?
(a) Deceit.
(b) Predation.
(c) Temporary nature.
(d) Death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was the name of the affected party at the trial in Chapter 30?

2. Where did Musil relocate when the Nazis' power grew?

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

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

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

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