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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Hans dizzy in Chapter 1?
(a) His attraction to Clavdia.
(b) The fact that he did not eat.
(c) The thin air.
(d) His anxiety.

2. Whose comical mispronunciations provide endless amusement?
(a) Frau Stohr.
(b) Hans.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Dr. Krokowski.

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

4. What does Hans' mother die from?
(a) An embolism.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Flu.
(d) Cancer.

5. What is Hans' talent that allows him to move ahead in his education?
(a) Science.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Music.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wears Hans down at the end of Chapter 2?

2. Who does Hans learn has recently died in his room?

3. Who is Tienappel?

4. How does Hans feel about the image of his grandfather in his coffin?

5. What does Chapter 2 detail?

(see the answer key)

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