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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the person whom people wanted Ulrich to meet in Chapter 22?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Janice.
(c) Hermine.
(d) Fiona.

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

5. What city did Musil live in later in life as a post-Expressionist writer?
(a) Prague.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) London.
(d) Geneva.

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

7. Who was Diotoma's husband?
(a) Arnheim.
(b) Leonard.
(c) Tuzzi.
(d) Ulrich.

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

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. Whose sanity was under question in Chapter 32?
(a) Clarisse's.
(b) Ulrich's.
(c) Moosbrugger's.
(d) Bonadea's.

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

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

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

14. Which of the following did the man who Ulrich considered to be of importance turn out to be?
(a) A benefactor.
(b) An informant.
(c) A thief.
(d) A coward.

15. Which of the following cases did Ulrich discuss with his acquaintance in Chapter 20?
(a) Lichendeit.
(b) Lichendeit. Feudalist.
(c) Lowenstein.
(d) Moosbrugger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Musil end up living later in life?

2. Which of the following did Ulrich join after he finished school?

3. How was Diotoma transforming herself in Chapter 25?

4. What affair ended in Chapter 33?

5. Which of the following statements best describes what the Count said to Diotoma about her idea in Chapter 25?

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