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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. When does Hans feel healthy?
(a) Always.
(b) Never.
(c) When he is doing nothing.
(d) When he watches Clavdia.

2. After his bed rest ends, what does Hans accompany Joachim to do?
(a) Watch a concert.
(b) Get their x-rays.
(c) Attend a carnival.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What causes Hans to hallucinate in Chapter 4?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Blood loss.
(d) Lack of sleep.

5. Where does Hans walk after first breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) To Joachim's room.
(b) A mountain path.
(c) To a lecture.
(d) Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who whistles at Hans on the mountain path?

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

3. Who thinks that music can perform the reasonable function of measuring time?

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

5. What do Joachim and Settembrini agree that music can awaken?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Hans meet during his first few weeks at the Berghof?

2. Why does Settembrini interrupt his learned banter at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What do Hans and Joachim do on Sunday in Chapter 4?

4. What does Hans believe portrays the real image of his grandfather, and how does Hans feel that his grandfather reverts to his real self?

5. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter during their walk, and what does he say?

6. Who is Joachim Ziemssen, what does he look like, and what does he explain to Hans?

7. What does Joachim explain about Hermine Kleefield?

8. What does Dr. Krokowski do at the end of his lecture in Chapter 4, and what does it remind Hans of?

9. How does Joachim say death and illness are treated at the Berghof?

10. Describe Hans' grandfather, Hans Lorenz Castorp.

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