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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. Where does Julio go at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. What does Julio feel depressed about in Part 1, Chapter 4?

3. What does Marguerite train to become in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. Where does Marcelo go after leaving France?

5. Why does Julius visit Julio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Argensola's argument against Julius' beliefs, and how does Julius rebut?

2. What does Marcelo learn in Part 2, Chapter 1 when he visits his carpenter?

3. How does Julio meet Marguerite, what happens, and how does Marcelo feel about the situation?

4. Why does Marguerite go to the rail station in Part 2, Chapter 2, and what happens there?

5. How does the war progress at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?

6. Describe what Julio is doing at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 1, and what he has recently done.

7. Describe Julio and Argensola's neighbors.

8. What do Julio and Marguerite discuss when she finally arrives in Part 1, Chapter 1?

9. How does Madriaga die and who inherits his property?

10. In Part 1, Chapter 4, who visits Julio, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between Marcelo and Julio change throughout the novel? What events elicit these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main themes (love, family, war) in this novel and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the plot of the novel? How does it affect the various characters in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters in this novel serve as the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s)? What events and/or characteristics cause these characters to be labeled as such?

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