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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Musil, which of the following characterized the previous Century?
(a) Art, music, and poetry.
(b) War and disease.
(c) Music and philosophy.
(d) Technological advancement and social progress.

4. Where did Musil spend most of his life?
(a) Slovakia.
(b) America.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose sanity was under question in Chapter 32?

2. Which of the following did Diotoma establish in Chapter 25?

3. In Chapter 8, which of the following did the narrator describe as a form of intimacy that was not right?

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

5. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Musil notice about the men at the event in Chapter 72?

2. Describe Clarisse's letter in Chapter 59.

3. Describe Soliman.

4. Describe Bonadea.

5. What did Clarisse's piano playing with her husband reveal?

6. What did Musil think about Moosbrugger's personal life that contributed to his behavior in Chapter 61?

7. Describe Ulrich's lack of concern for Bonadea and its effect on their relationship in Chapter 29.

8. Describe Diotima's change into maturity at the beginning of Chapter 25.

9. How did the Count handle his correspondence in Chapter 58?

10. In Chapter 19, what did Musil say about the effect of the turn of the Century on people?

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