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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. Robert Jordan begins to think that they all will be killed, but what will succeed?
2. What does Robert Jordan leave with Agustin, but warns not to use until the fighting is over?
3. Where does Robert Jordan lie to wait for daylight?
4. Maria asks if Robert Jordan wants to talk about his work, but Robert Jordan wants to talk about this city instead.
5. What does Robert Jordan want to speak to his father about now that he has experienced battle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Andres think about as he walks to Golz, carrying a message from Robert Jordan?
2. What is the ultimate reason Pablo returned to the cave?
3. What is Robert Jordan's plan?
4. Why does Karkov plan to drive to the front in the early morning hours before the offensive?
5. What does Robert Jordan wish he could talk to his grandfather about and hopefully receive some advice? What does he realize as a result of his thoughts?
6. What does Robert Jordan's dispatch to General Golz say?
7. What begins to happen to Robert Jordan as he thinks more and more of Pablo?
8. How did Robert Jordan's father kill himself?
9. What do the new men mistakenly think Pablo's role is in the mission?
10. What does Karkov learn when he arrives at his apartment in the Hotel Gaylord in Madrid?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the incident when Robert Jordan reaches for his gun to maintain order in the cave. Is this an extreme response to the fighting that has gone on between Pilar and Pablo? Or is this a necessary response when engaged in battle? How and why does strategy and teamwork need to be a central focus with Robert Jordan and his men? What are the consequences if they do not act in unison?
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
Robert Jordan trusts Agustin, who controlled his urge to kill the first four cavalrymen. If he had killed them, what would have happened to the mission? Agustin had the innate desire to kill. Robert Jordan thinks that killing is sacramental to Spaniards. Do you agree? Give examples from the text.
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