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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. What year was Musil born?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1920.
2. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, what was the paradoxical power of engineering?
(a) That it led those in the profession to fight and then make peace.
(b) That more equipment would end up being broken than getting fixed.
(c) That jobs in the field would open, and then close up.
(d) That it empowered and enslaved.
3. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?
(a) Predation.
(b) Temporary nature.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Death.
4. What trait of a married woman was under discussion in Chapter 25?
(a) Her choice.
(b) Her role.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her soul.
5. What was the defendant on trial for in Chapter 30?
(a) Arson.
(b) Complicity.
(c) Murder.
(d) Robbery.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following was a factor that led Ulrich's rescuer into extramarital affairs?
2. According to Musil, which of the following characterized the previous Century?
3. To which of the following did Ulrich compare the effects of the defendant in Chapter 31?
4. Where did Musil spend most of his life?
5. What affair ended in Chapter 33?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Musil's observations of old age and youth in Chapter 45.
2. How did Clarisse compare her husband with Ulrich in Chapter 15?
3. Describe Clarisse's letter in Chapter 59.
4. What did Musil say about philosophers' take on violent people in Chapter 64?
5. Describe Leona and Ulrich's relationship.
6. Why did Soliman get jealous and angry when he grew up?
7. Describe Diotima's role at the 70th Jubilee Celebration of His Majesty in Chapter 71.
8. In Chapter 36, what did a journalist establish, and how did it affect the Count?
9. What did Clarisse's piano playing with her husband reveal?
10. What was the rumor about Arnheim in Chapter 26, and how did that reflect fears within the region?
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