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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Naphta.
(c) Clavdia.
(d) Dr. Behrens.

2. Who claims that he has never met a perfectly healthy person?
(a) Joachim.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) Dr. Krokowski.
(d) Dr. Behrens.

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

4. What does Joachim say is different in the mountains?
(a) Time.
(b) Nothing.
(c) People.
(d) The water.

5. Who does Hans and Joachim overhear complaining about their stay at the Berghof and other prospects in October?
(a) Hermine Kleefeld and other patients.
(b) Dr. Behrens and Dr. Krokowski.
(c) Clavdia.
(d) Settembrini.

6. What does Dr. Krokowski lecture about in Chapter 4?
(a) Love.
(b) Illness.
(c) Death.
(d) Friendship.

7. How do the other patients react to Hans being whistle at?
(a) They whistle at him also.
(b) There are no other patients around.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They stare in bewilderment.

8. How long is Hans confined to bed rest in Chapter 5?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Four months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two months.

9. Who raises Hans for a year and a half after his parents' deaths?
(a) His great-uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His great-aunt.

10. Who notices that Hans is anemic?
(a) Dr. Krokowski.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) Dr. Behrens.
(d) Joachim.

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

12. Who does Settembrini call "lieutenant"?
(a) Hans.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Behrens.
(d) Krokowski.

13. Who does Settembrini say music is especially dangerous for?
(a) Clavdia.
(b) Settembrini.
(c) Joachim.
(d) Hans.

14. Who expresses satisfaction that Hans has come to the Berghof?
(a) Dr. Behrens.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) Dr. Krokowski.
(d) Joachim.

15. What causes Hans' temperature to decline in Chapter 5?
(a) An argument with Dr. Krokowski.
(b) A successful attempt to get Clavdia's attention.
(c) An extended illness.
(d) A failed attempt to get Clavdia's attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Settembrini's reason for his feelings about music?

2. Who visits Hans in Chapter 5 as Hans daydreams about Clavdia?

3. What is the relationship between Hans and Joachim?

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

5. What does Joachim call the spectum bottle that most Berghof patients carry?

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