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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does H.H. says happens when he examines things too closely?
(a) They come into sharp relief.
(b) They slip away and dissolve.
(c) They become a heavy burden.
(d) THey are imprinted forever in his memory.

2. What does the narrator say is in the East that disciples are traveling towards?
(a) The Bacchanalian feast.
(b) The Home of LIght.
(c) The dawning of the Third Empire.
(d) The great temple of Kundalini.

3. What happens to H.H.'s first attempt to tell his story?
(a) He is too sad to remember the events.
(b) He believes the journey is not worth remembering.
(c) He loses his journal.
(d) He is brought to a halt by a single, small episode.

4. Mohamed's coffin is believed to hold what magical power?
(a) One will gain the power to speak to animals.
(b) One gains immediate entrance into paradise.
(c) One can rise one freely into the air.
(d) One receives the ability to judge all men righteously.

5. Where does the group camp as Part II begins?
(a) A dark forest in Greece.
(b) A narrow mountain gorge on the Italian border.
(c) A meadow in the Alps.
(d) In an oasis in the Sahara.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator says is impairing him as he starts his narration early in Part I?

2. Who or what occupies the narrator's thoughts the most on the journey in Part I?

3. What is the deserter relieved of by the Speaker in Part I?

4. What does the narrator's vow to the League forbid him to do?

5. What time of year does H.H. recall in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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