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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Hans and Joachim encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Who whistles at Hans on the mountain path?

3. When does Hans feel healthy?

4. What does the whistler's group call themselves?

5. Why did the Catholic patient scream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joachim explain to Hans about the woman called Tous-les-deux at their first breakfast in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Pribislav Hippe, and how does Hans feel about him?

3. What does Hans muse upon while sitting on his balcony, and what does he say about what he muses on?

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

5. Describe Hans and Settembrini's encounter at the beginning of Chapter 4.

6. How does Hans' interactions with Clavdia affect his health?

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

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

9. Who is Tienappel?

10. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Investigate "The Magic Mountain" as a bildungsroman. How does it adhere to and differ from the bildungsroman novel? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a bildungsroman? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the novel as a bildungsroman?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Hans and Peeperkorn. How are their relationships with Clavdia similar and different?

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting of the novel affect the characters and their actions? What is Mann suggesting about the setting?

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