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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. Where is Sordo wounded?

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Robert Jordan met the peasant Spanish commanders when he first joined the movement?

3. What does the gypsy want Robert Jordan to do?

4. What mission is Robert Jordan on?

5. Who does Robert Jordan and Anselmo talk with who brags about obtaining a tank?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason why Pablo has decided that he is for the train now?

2. Which characters does Agustin describe as dependable members of the group?

3. After Robert Jordan tells Maria that he loves her, what does he begin to fear and why?

4. Why is Agustin relieved that he did not fire at all four horsemen, as he easily could?

5. What does Anselmo think about while the fascist patrol keep warm?

6. What makes Maria feel like Robert Jordan will not love her?

7. What does Robert Jordan imagine his life to be as he thinks about what he will do after the war?

8. What happens after Robert Jordan shoots the horseman?

9. Who is Maria?

10. How does Robert Jordan respond when Maria asks if he is a communist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Should Robert Jordan have killed Pablo immediately? What does it say about Robert Jordan's character that he contemplated his decision to kill or not kill Pablo as he watched him care for the horses? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss salvation. What does it mean to be redeemed? Is redemption something that is bestowed upon you or do you rely on the mercy of others to provide salvation? Use Maria's personal story as your example. Use evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Define guerrilla warfare, then define civil war. What does it mean to engage in guerrilla warfare during a civil war? Name and discuss two events in history that have seen the type of fighting that are portrayed in Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Compare and contrast them to Hemingway's presentation of the Spanish Civil War.

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