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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. What does Hans tell Joachim is really his element?

2. According to Settembrini, how were sickness and infirmity regarded during medieval times?

3. Where does Hans go on Monday in Chapter 4?

4. What month does it snow in Chapter 4?

5. What happens when Hans stops by a brook?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Tienappel?

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

3. What is Hans' life like in Hamburg?

4. How does Settembrini feel about music?

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

6. How does Hans tell Joachim that he feels about death in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

Essay Topic 3

How are the different symbols (the x-ray plates, the Maria Mancini cigars, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

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