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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 gypsy want Robert Jordan to do?

2. What does Robert Jordan say they will do about the attack on Sordo?

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

4. On the way to El Sordo, what detail of the movement does Pilar discuss?

5. Anselmo cannot write so Robert Jordan suggests that he do this instead to indicate enemy movement.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens after Robert Jordan shoots the horseman?

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

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

7. Why is Pilar for the bridge?

8. What sickens Robert Jordan the most as the cavalry pass by?

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

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

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

Pilar is upset with Pablo for acting cowardly and insecure. She dreams of a former lover, Finito, and how brave he was as a matador. How does Pilar's own reaction toward her husband thwart the mission? How does her coldness toward her husband who does not honor duty, reflect on the morale and actions of the group?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Pablo during the train and the attack of the barracks. What sort of man was he? Was he brave, bold, a fighter? How has his character changed over time and why has it changed? How has war obstructed the heart and mind of a strong man such as Pablo? Is Pablo a symbol of the transforming power of war to change men and take from them their courage, and instill them with fear?

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