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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 did a journalist establish in Chapter 37?
(a) Piano Night.
(b) The Austrian Year.
(c) Bread and Puppet.
(d) Caboodle.

2. Which of the following did Musil cite as having been affected by bourgeois education in Chapter 46?
(a) Culture.
(b) Pure soul.
(c) Food.
(d) Architecture.

3. Between whom of the following was there a rift in Chapter 66?
(a) Walter and Ulrich.
(b) Diotima and Arnheim.
(c) Arnheim and Ulrich.
(d) Walter and Diotima.

4. Which of the following types of meeting was held in Chapter 52?
(a) Cooking group.
(b) Quilting group.
(c) Press.
(d) Undercover.

5. Which of the following did Musil write about In Chapter 50?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Morality.
(c) Naturalism.
(d) Pessimism.

6. What type of women were mentioned at the campaign in Chapter 40?
(a) Lowly.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Governing.

7. What was one object that had old elegance but modern efficiency in Chapter 68?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Chandeliers.
(c) Dishwashers.
(d) Broomsticks.

8. Who tried to attend to the teenager mentioned in Chapter 44?
(a) Diotoma.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Ulrich.
(d) Marcus.

9. What was one of Moosbrugger's faults mentioned in Chapter 60?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is arrogant.
(c) He is rich.
(d) He is stupid.

10. Who of the following was the wife mentioned in Chapter 51?
(a) Clarisse.
(b) Bonadea.
(c) Klementine.
(d) Fiona.

11. Why was Ulrich disenchanted with Arnheim in Chapter 44?
(a) Because he was powerful.
(b) Because he was dishonest.
(c) Because he was lazy.
(d) Because he came from money.

12. Who appeared to be more mature by Chapter 64?
(a) Clarisse.
(b) Musil.
(c) Ulrich.
(d) Walter.

13. Whom did Diotima humble with objections in Chapter 66?
(a) Ulrich.
(b) Arnheim.
(c) Walter.
(d) Marcus.

14. Who was the little black boy whom Arnheim took in Chapter 55?
(a) Soliman.
(b) Peter.
(c) Walter.
(d) Marcus.

15. Whom of the following did Ulrich visit in Chapter 35?
(a) Walter.
(b) Joy.
(c) Leo.
(d) Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which of the following was a difference drawn out in Chapter 41?

2. How did Ulrich react upon learning that he had been mentioned in the letter in Chapter 59?

3. What did Musil consider to be greater than mankind in Chapter 45?

4. Who were described as people who were violent and aggressive in Chapter 62?

5. Who was famous in Chapter 48?

(see the answer keys)

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