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

2. Who is the soldier that visits Marcelo at the end of Part 2, Chapter 6?

3. Where are the cannons installed in Part 2, Chapter 6?

4. Where does Julio go after leaving Marguerite?

5. In Part 3, Chapter 1, what division is Rene transferred to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it difficult for the party in Part 3, Chapter 5 to find Julio's grave?

2. What do Marcelo, Senator Lacour, and Rene discuss in Part 3, Chapter 3?

3. How does Marcelo feel at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?

4. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 2, what does Senator Lacour offer Marcelo, and how does Marcelo react?

5. Describe Marcelo's return to Paris in Part 2, Chapter 6.

6. How does Luisa and Elena's relationship change in Part 3, Chapter 1, and why?

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

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

9. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4, what does Julio learn about Marguerite?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the minor characters in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" affect the novel's plot? How would the novel be altered if one or more of these characters were removed from the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How does the tension within Marcelo's family parallel the tension between Germany and France? How is this demonstrated, and which characters serve as examples of this?

Essay Topic 3

What do the events of the novel suggest about the morality and affects of war?

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