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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Argensola find interesting at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) The German plane.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Julio's paintings.
(d) Food.

2. Who offers to arrange for Marcelo to visit Julio?
(a) Senator Lacour.
(b) Otto von Hartrott.
(c) Julio.
(d) Chichi.

3. What do Marcelo and Tchernoff disagree about in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) Whether Julio will die at war.
(b) How long the war will take.
(c) What to order for dinner.
(d) Which one should be with Marguerite.

4. Who arranges for Julio to convalesce in Paris for two weeks?
(a) Argensola.
(b) Marcelo.
(c) Senator Lacour.
(d) Karl von Hartrott.

5. What happens to the mayor of the village in Part 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Executed by the Germans.
(b) Abandons the village to the Germans' mercy.
(c) Kills himself.
(d) Released by the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marcelo go to Julio's studio in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. What news does Senator Lacour deliver to Marcelo at the end of Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. What feeling overcomes Marcelo at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?

4. What makes it difficult to locate what the party is searching for in Part 3, Chapter 5?

5. Who does Marcelo befriend at dinner in Part 2, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Part 3, Chapter 1 when Luisa visits Argensola?

2. Describe Chichi's actions at the end of Part 3, Chapter 1.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, where is Marcelo taken, and why? What does he see?

4. Who does Julio find Marguerite with, and what does she confess about this person?

5. What does Marguerite say about her feelings and her relationship with Julio at the end of Part 2, Chapter 4?

6. What does Marcelo think about while sitting by his son's grave?

7. What is the importance of the battle of the Marne?

8. How do the Germans repay Marcelo and the Keeper's hospitality in Part 2, Chapter 5?

9. In Part 3, Chapter 2, who does Marcelo see, and what does he learn about this person?

10. Why does Julio return to Paris in Part 3, Chapter 4, and what happens during his stay?

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