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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Diotoma's friend consider to be intolerant in Chapter 65?

2. Over which of the following periods of time had Ulrich matured?

3. Whom of the following did Ulrich visit in Chapter 35?

4. In Chapter 51, which of the following frustrated the wife about her husband?

5. Who felt inhibited and impressed by a young aristocratic woman in Chapter 41?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as demonstrated in The Man Without Qualities. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain their loneliness if any, and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Select a character whom Ulrich grows to like and become familiar with. How does their relationship evolve?

Essay Topic 3

The "hovering life" is a theme that Musil introduces in the Man Without Qualities. What does that phrase mean? How does it relate to science and to the mystical? What does Musil ultimately say about intuition and analysis through the characters of Ulrich and Bonadea? What is the importance of that discovery and the characters' role?

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