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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?
(a) An American woman.
(b) Clavdia Chauchat.
(c) An Austrian horseman
(d) His aunt.

2. What does Hans Castorp ride to ascend the Alps?
(a) A boat.
(b) His narrow-gauge railroad car.
(c) The Berghof's personal plane.
(d) A ski-lift.

3. Who says that work does not agree with him?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Hans.
(d) Behrens.

4. Whose sickly cough horrifies Hans?
(a) An Austrian horseman's.
(b) Clavdia Chauchat's.
(c) An American woman's.
(d) Joachim's.

5. What is the only French that the old woman knows?
(a) None at all.
(b) Un, dos, trois.
(c) Tous-les-deux.
(d) Je aime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the cousins meet Settembrini?

2. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?

3. What kind of situations does Hans do best with?

4. Who does Settembrini call "lieutenant"?

5. What is the name of the whistler?

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