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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 career does Robert Jordan want to return to after the war?

2. What does Agustin say he is willing to die for?

3. Robert Jordan tells Agustin and Primivito not to shoot or throw a grenade unless they hear shooting from this object.

4. What does Pablo dress as when he arrives?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pablo refuse to call Robert Jordan a professor?

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

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

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

5. What does Robert Jordan believe the root is of being vulnerable to corruption in war?

6. Why is Pilar jealous of Maria and Robert Jordan?

7. Why can't Maria go with Robert Jordan on the mission?

8. What happens to the men on the hill after the planes have passed?

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

10. Why does Robert Jordan choose not to kill Pablo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Superstition is threaded through the novel. Discuss three events that were embedded with superstition and omens. Were the characters foolish for believing in the omens? Or was there truth in their beliefs? Explain using evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the barbarianism that is displayed during the taking of the hilltop at Sordos? Does this type of action define fascism itself or does it define the dark culture of Spain? How so? How does this practice relate to other cultures in times of war? (i.e Native Americans, scalping, etc). Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Pablo returns to the cave and Pilar calls him Judas Iscariot, the ultimate betrayer, but accepts him back regardless. Do you think that Robert Jordan and Pilar did the right thing by accepting him back in the cave? Explain why or why not and give textual evidence.

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