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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 Robert Jordan wake in the morning to hear?

2. What does Robert Jordan see on one of the saddles of the cavalry?

3. What action does Robert Jordan decide not to take as he walks down to watch Pablo with the horses?

4. What do Robert Jordan and Primivito watch returning from Sordo's?

5. Pablo does not believe in superstition, but he does believe in Pilar's ability to do this.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pilar do to escape the attack at the barracks?

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

3. Why does Pilar love the memory of Finito more than the reality of Pablo?

4. Does Robert Jordan believe that men can see their fate? Why or why not?

5. How does Primivito react to the outcome of the fighting at Sordo's?

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

7. Is Sordo afraid to die? Explain.

8. Agustin hopes for a massacre, but Robert Jordan tells him that without the bridge it would mean nothing. Why?

9. What happens when Pablo asks for proof of Robert Jordan's identity?

10. What does Pilar reminisce about when she sits down to eat with Fernando?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Robert Jordan asks the group to leave as he waits for the fascists while holding his machine gun. Is there any other way Robert Jordan could have handled the last scene in the novel? Did he have to sacrifice himself for the safety of the group? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Pablo is viewed by his comrades as a dissenter. They plot to kill him, as the gypsy suggests. Pablo then returns to the group a changed man, willing to participate and get along. What event is the turning point for Pablo? Is it the thought of impending death or the hope of redemption and restoration of bravery that has changed Pablo?

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