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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Leo described by H.H. in Part II?
(a) He has a handsome face and good humor.
(b) He is no longer important to the journey.
(c) He is a thief.
(d) He is old and wise.

2. What do the officials instruct the narrator to do once he is a member of the League?
(a) Stand vigil over the sacred book for one full day and night.
(b) Fast for forty days to prove he is worthy of the task before him.
(c) Attach himself to a group of ten people en route to the expidition.
(d) Meditate and prepare his body and soul to accept the Tao.

3. In Part I, what does the narrator believe is his great fortune?
(a) To be a gifted writer.
(b) To belong to the League.
(c) To find a rare map.
(d) To inherit a modest fortune.

4. In Part I, who or what does the narrator meet at the riverside?
(a) Puss 'n Boots.
(b) Charles the Great.
(c) Mermaids.
(d) A talking peacock.

5. In the beginning of Part II, how does H.H. say the character's disappearance came about?
(a) That character leaves the League.
(b) It is because of an accident.
(c) That character has an emergency at home.
(d) It is a link in a chain of disasterous events.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the times early in Part I?

2. What is it that H.H. says a historian searches for in events?

3. In Part I, where does the narrator say his happiness arises from?

4. In Part II, where does one man assert an important document is?

5. According to H.H., what must the historian do to allow meaning into a narrative?

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