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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city did Musil live in later in life as a post-Expressionist writer?
(a) London.
(b) Prague.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Copenhagen.

2. Which of the following did Ulrich's lover do for a living?
(a) Danced nude.
(b) Cooked meals.
(c) Sang in a cabaret.
(d) Waited tables.

3. Who was Ulrich's lover in Chapter 5?
(a) Janice.
(b) Ursula.
(c) Mary.
(d) Leona.

4. Which of the following was Robert Musil's nationality?
(a) American.
(b) Austrian.
(c) Slovakian.
(d) Czech.

5. What did the relationship that Ulrich and his rescuer share carry as an ominous feeling?
(a) Death.
(b) Predation.
(c) Temporary nature.
(d) Deceit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of communication did Ulrich find among the people whom he studied and worked with in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 8, which of the following did the narrator describe as a form of intimacy that was not right?

3. According to Ulrich in Chapter 11, which of the following gave humans tremendous power through their use?

4. What did Ulrich do to the woman in Chapter 12?

5. Which of the following did the Northern Europeans lack in terms of literature?

(see the answer key)

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