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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 the narrator say is in the East that disciples are traveling towards?

2. How does the narrator describe his country at the end of the World War?

3. In Part II, what does H.H. say is very difficult for him to do?

4. Where does the group camp as Part II begins?

5. What unmerited reputation does the League have in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, what does H.H. say happens when he tries to think about the events of his journey?

2. What can be determined about H.H.'s mood as he begins his journey in Part I?

3. In Part II, what does H.H. say is a well known human weakness about "things"?

4. In Part I, what does H.H. say is characteristic of the journey?

5. Why does H.H. say that the journey servant, Leo, seems wiser than he appears?

6. Why do you think H.H. compares his journey to a comet?

7. What extraordinary thing happens to each member of the journey in Morbio Inferore?

8. Describe what happens to upset the journey members as Part II begins.

9. Why do you think H.H. says there was a leaning towards Easter religions after the World War?

10. What does H.H. say happens to the overall mood of the journey at the beginning of Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

H.H. compares himself to historians trying to record events. How does he describe the episode he wishes to record? How does he choose to record his events? What difficulties does he encounter when he tries to recall his story?

Essay Topic 2

As Part V opens, Leo is sent from the League to bring H.H. to the High Throne. What is validated for H.H. by Leo's appearance and why does this matter to H.H.? What is Leo doing as they journey to the High Throne and why do you think he is behaving as he is? Describe the varying emotions experienced by H.H. as he follows Leo to their destination.

Essay Topic 3

The members of H.H.'s group suffer a terrible loss on their journey east. What is this loss? How does it effect the group? Why do you think the group reacts as they do?

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