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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 do the patients having affairs use to visit one another?

2. What does Settembrini explain about his and Naphta's arguments?

3. What does Joachim think Hans has picked up while lying on his balcony?

4. What question does Hans try to find the answer to in Chapter 5?

5. Who claims that classicism furthers the human enterprise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Joachim's letters to Hans change, and what eventually occurs?

2. Why is Hans summoned the day after an excursion to a famous waterfall in the nearby Fluela Valley?

3. Who is Naphta, what does he look like, and how do Hans and Joachim meet him?

4. What do Hans and Peeperkorn say about Clavdia during their conversation in early spring?

5. As winter arrives, what does Hans study, and why?

6. What do Settembrini and Naphta argue about in Naphta's apartment, and what does each man say?

7. Describe Naphta's apartment.

8. Describe Peeperkorn's group outings and Settembrini's opinion of Hans' relationship with Peeperkorn.

9. How does Hans react when Clavdia returns to the Berghof in Chapter 7, and why?

10. Describe Hans' interactions with Clavdia on Walpurgis Night.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters that act as a foil to one another. In what ways do these characters serve as opposites? What do these differences indicate?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hans change throughout the novel? Detail the changes he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 3

What role does social class play in "The Magic Mountain"? What different classes are represented and by which characters?

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