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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Part II, how does H.H. say the character's disappearance came about?
(a) That character has an emergency at home.
(b) That character leaves the League.
(c) It is a link in a chain of disasterous events.
(d) It is because of an accident.

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

3. What time of year does H.H. recall in Part II?
(a) Winter/Christmas.
(b) Easter/Spring.
(c) Autumn/October.
(d) Summer/Bacchus Festival.

4. In Part I, what does the narrator realize about the Journey East?
(a) It is a procession of believers moving towards the East.
(b) It is a long and difficult journey.
(c) It is a single pilgrmage.
(d) It brings full enlightment to each traveler.

5. What does H.H. say no longer exists in the group?
(a) The strength to stay on the journey.
(b) The ability to remain in the League.
(c) The desire to maintain unity.
(d) The desire to reach their individual goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part I, what is Longus doing in "the wood"?

2. What is it that H.H. says a historian searches for in events?

3. What does the narrator do at the end of his probation year in the League?

4. What or who does H.H. wish to save in Part II?

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

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