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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the one paradox that must be accepted?
(a) A fool is wiser than the greatest king.
(b) Life and death are inseparable.
(c) Love conquers all obstacles.
(d) It is necessary to attempt the seemingly impossible.

2. What does H.H. tell Lukas about the League?
(a) It is not a post-war movement.
(b) It is a strict society.
(c) It understands enlightenment.
(d) It started during the World War.

3. What happens to the many new movements of the post-war years?
(a) They strengthen.
(b) They make history.
(c) They disappear.
(d) They change history.

4. In Part I, how does the narrator describe encounters with different parties?
(a) Parties ban together for the rest of the journey.
(b) Different parties are very secretive.
(c) As difficult and confusing.
(d) As pleasant, festive days.

5. What is H.H.'s relationship to Lukas?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Fellow travelers.
(c) League members.
(d) School friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief does H.H. say he is sadly sure of?

2. What doubts do H.H.'s memory of the journey and participants of the World War share?

3. What do the officials instruct the narrator to do once he is a member of the League?

4. Why does H.H. visit Lukas?

5. In Part II, what does H.H. say most historians want to do?

(see the answer key)

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