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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is kept very discreet at the Berghof?
(a) Drug abuse.
(b) Death.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Childbirth.

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

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

4. Where do the cousins meet Settembrini?
(a) At Dr. Krokowski's lecture.
(b) At the beach.
(c) At a tavern in town.
(d) At a bench on the path.

5. Who states that there is something edifying about death?
(a) Hans.
(b) Clavdia.
(c) Settembrini.
(d) Joachim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the whistler use to whistle?

2. What does Hans muse about while lying on his deck chair?

3. How does Hans describe the old woman in the beginning of Chapter 3?

4. What does Hans do for days and weeks after hearing the sounds from the room next door?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hans and Settembrini's conversation at the beginning of Chapter 5.

2. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

3. Describe Hans' welcome meal at the Berghof.

4. What happens as Hans settles into his room at the Berghof?

5. What happens when Hans arrives late to Dr. Krokowski's lecture in Chapter 4?

6. Who is Tienappel?

7. What is Dr. Krokowski's lecture about in Chapter 4?

8. When Dr. Behrens visits Hans' table in Chapter 3, what does he notice, and what does he prescribe?

9. What does Hans notice on a walk along a mountain path in Chapter 3, and how does it make him feel?

10. Who is Barbara Hujus?

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