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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Knecht have to be cleared by before he joins the outside world?
(a) The World Department of the Board of Educators
(b) The German Goverment
(c) The Political Department of the Board of Educators
(d) The EU Government

2. Why is Knecht popular with his superiors?
(a) He is ambitious
(b) He is good at the Glass Bead Game
(c) He is not ambitious
(d) He shows respect

3. What can Knecht study now that he has graduated?
(a) The Glass Bead Game
(b) Music
(c) Literature
(d) Anything

4. What does Knecht like to write?
(a) Poetry
(b) Limericks
(c) Novels
(d) Short stories

5. What language does Knecht teach the Abbot?
(a) Chinese
(b) Hungarian
(c) French
(d) Japanese

6. Who does Designori say he won a struggle with?
(a) The headmaster
(b) Knecht
(c) His father
(d) The Magister

7. What religion do people assume that Knecht dabbled in while at the monastery?
(a) Islam
(b) Hinduism
(c) Christianity
(d) Buddhism

8. Who does Designori now work for?
(a) The government
(b) The Magister
(c) His father
(d) Himself

9. Where does the Music Master live?
(a) Monteport
(b) Waldzell
(c) Munich
(d) Berlin

10. What language does Knecht study?
(a) Chinese
(b) English
(c) Japanese
(d) French

11. What is the name of the book Knecht's name is placed in?
(a) The Golden Book
(b) The Ludi Book
(c) The Glass Bead Book
(d) The Master in Waiting Book

12. What is Mariafels?
(a) A restaurant
(b) A church
(c) A monastry
(d) A school

13. How do students of Castalia gain entry to a Castalia school?
(a) Through the Glass Bead Game
(b) Through their teachers
(c) Through marriage
(d) Through examinations

14. Where does Betram run off to after the Magister's death?
(a) The hills
(b) The mountains
(c) Rome
(d) Britain

15. What Asian doctrine do the life essays examine?
(a) Yin and Yang
(b) Karma
(c) Reincarnation
(d) Meditation

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Knecht return to at the beginning of the chapter?

2. Who shows Knecht around his new school?

3. What is the Music Master interested in knowing about?

4. Who is Knecht representing while he is at Mariafels?

5. What does the author say music comes from?

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