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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 Robert Jordan feel certain about as he approaches Primivito?

2. Who does Marty think Gomez and Andres work for?

3. Who were bombed in Segovia by the fascists?

4. Who arrives at the headquarters to ask Andre Marty about the dispatch?

5. What character does Pilar compare Pablo to based on his actions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ultimate reason Pablo returned to the cave?

2. What does Lieutenant Colonel Miranda tell Gomez to do?

3. When Robert Jordan thinks of the bridge now, what does he feel?

4. What do the men at the government post not know about what has happened?

5. Who does Pilar blame for the stolen materials?

6. How is Pablo treated when he appears at the entrance to the cave?

7. What does Robert Jordan's dispatch to General Golz say?

8. What begins to happen to Robert Jordan as he thinks more and more of Pablo?

9. How does Robert Jordan feel about Anselmo and Agustin now that they are in the center of war?

10. What do Robert Jordan and Pablo discuss as they load the horses and prepare to leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Pablo is viewed by his comrades as a dissenter. They plot to kill him, as the gypsy suggests. Pablo then returns to the group a changed man, willing to participate and get along. What event is the turning point for Pablo? Is it the thought of impending death or the hope of redemption and restoration of bravery that has changed Pablo?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss salvation. What does it mean to be redeemed? Is redemption something that is bestowed upon you or do you rely on the mercy of others to provide salvation? Use Maria's personal story as your example. Use evidence from the text.

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