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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. When Pablo cries, what does he tell Pilar he is most afraid of?

2. Who does Robert Jordan want to talk politics with?

3. What happens after the planes bomb the hill heavily?

4. Who is making a daytime plan of escape for Robert Jordan?

5. What does Robert Jordan believe in regarding government?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Maria?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What has made Joaquin sad, so much that he begins to cry?

10. How does Anselmo convince Robert Jordan to use the men he has instead of seek men from another camp to help him on his mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joaquin's story shows the effects of war on the civilian population. It also symbolizes what happens in many countries when America intervenes in foreign affairs. What is the price that civilians of the countries America invades pay for supporting wars? Discuss current events that depict this intervention.

Essay Topic 2

Given the knowledge of the history of the Spanish Civil War, do you think that fighting fascism was worth the price paid in human life? How important is it, or necessary, to stop fascism in its tracks. Is it more beneficial to seek an end to fascism with diplomacy?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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