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

2. According to Musil, which of the following geographical areas emphasized decorum, yet allure in dress?
(a) America and Canada.
(b) Asia and the Pacific.
(c) Austria and Germany.
(d) England and France.

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

4. Which of the following cultural groups was not popular in Europe?
(a) The Swedish.
(b) The English.
(c) The German.
(d) The Jewish.

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

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

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

8. Between which of the following did Ulrich draw a comparison in Chapter 30?
(a) Moosabrugger's complicity and Arnheim's theft.
(b) Bonadea's infidelity and Moosbrugger's murders.
(c) Clarisse's murders and Moosbrugger's theft.
(d) Moosbrugger's theft and Bonadea's murders.

9. According to Musil, which of the following types of behaviors were expected of women?
(a) Being talkative and pushy.
(b) Being alluring - yet shy.
(c) Being provocative and bold.
(d) Being demanding and unrelenting.

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

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

12. How many people did Ulrich face in Chapter 6?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

13. According to Musil, which of the following presented a paradox at the turn of the Century?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Women.

14. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?
(a) Her impatience with life.
(b) Her attraction to men.
(c) Her insecurity about her appearance.
(d) Her deceptive nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived at the end of Chapter 25?

2. To which of the following did Ulrich compare the effects of the defendant in Chapter 31?

3. Which of the following did the person whom Ulrich met leave him with in Chapter 20?

4. Which of the following did the Northern Europeans lack in terms of literature?

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

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