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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. Who appears at the post to offer Anselmo a flask?
2. Who has killed Joaquin's parents, brother, and sister?
3. What does Agustin say he is willing to die for?
4. What is the sole enterprise that can win the war?
5. What does Robert Jordan say they will do about the attack on Sordo?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which characters does Agustin describe as dependable members of the group?
2. What did Pilar do to escape the attack at the barracks?
3. What does Anselmo think about while the fascist patrol keep warm?
4. Why is Pilar for the bridge?
5. Who is Maria?
6. After Robert Jordan tells Maria that he loves her, what does he begin to fear and why?
7. What is the reason why Pablo has decided that he is for the train now?
8. Why is Agustin relieved that he did not fire at all four horsemen, as he easily could?
9. What sickens Robert Jordan the most as the cavalry pass by?
10. What does Robert Jordan believe the root is of being vulnerable to corruption in war?
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
Compare/Contrast: Pablo becomes more and more cowardly as the novel progresses. At one point Robert Jordan thinks he has not drank as much as he claims to have. Discuss Pablo's fatal flaw and how he can be contrasted with Anselmo, who is also afraid, but acts out his duty regardless.
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