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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Settembrini and Naphta argue about first as Joachim and Hans visit Naphta's rooms?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Pieta.
(d) Virgil.

2. What do many patients become aware of in Chapter 5?
(a) Behrens' sexual relationship with Clavdia.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Hans' infatuation with Clavdia.
(d) Joachim's illness.

3. On Walpurgis Night, what does Clavdia tell Hans that she is doing the next day?
(a) Leaving the Berghof.
(b) Marrying Dr. Behrens.
(c) Dying.
(d) Having a baby.

4. Who does Naphta mock as a champion of progressive idealism and utopian notions?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Virgil.

5. When Settembrini greets Hans after weeks of silence, what does he ask if Hans liked?
(a) The pomegranate.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lilith.
(d) The apple.

6. What begins a heated argument between Settembrini and Naphta at a tavern?
(a) There is no argument.
(b) Joachim's desire to return to a soldier's life
(c) Caring for Hans.
(d) An innocent joke about Virgil.

7. What does Naphta say is the instrument of the Kingdom of God?
(a) Hell.
(b) The proletariat.
(c) Mankind.
(d) Heaven.

8. What do the patients having affairs use to visit one another?
(a) Space extending beyond connecting balconies.
(b) Letters.
(c) The woods surrounding the Berghof.
(d) Closets near the dining hall.

9. What does Settembrini reveal that he belongs to?
(a) The Musical Affiliation.
(b) The Medical Association of the Berghof.
(c) The Freemasons.
(d) The International League for the Organization of Progress.

10. Who praises scientific knowledge and truth?
(a) Hans.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Naphta.
(d) Settembrini.

11. What does Settembrini criticize about the medieval tortures?
(a) Its treatment of women.
(b) The royalty.
(c) Its tortures.
(d) Nothing.

12. Who questions Hans about Hans' relationship with Clavdia?
(a) Clavdia.
(b) Peeperkorn.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Dr. Behrens.

13. How do Hans and Joachim feel when debate between Settembrini and Naphta grows heated?
(a) Happy.
(b) Amused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Embarassed.

14. Who will not acknowledge Hans, despite his best efforts?
(a) Settembrini.
(b) Joachim.
(c) Clavdia.
(d) Pieter.

15. What image does Hans fall asleep to while sitting on his balcony?
(a) Joachim.
(b) Settembrini.
(c) Clavdia.
(d) Dr. Behrens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clavdia feel about the fact that Peeperkorn loves her?

2. Why is Joachim forced to return to the Berghof?

3. Who offers to allow Hans to use informal pronouns with him?

4. What does Clavdia threaten to do when Hans praises her arms?

5. What does Peeperkorn use to commit suicide?

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