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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What overcomes H.H. as he and the man he follows continue to converse?
(a) Fear.
(b) Despair.
(c) Fatique.
(d) Hope.

2. 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.

3. How is Leo described by H.H. in Part II?
(a) He is a thief.
(b) He is no longer important to the journey.
(c) He has a handsome face and good humor.
(d) He is old and wise.

4. What do the officials instruct the narrator to do once he is a member of the League?
(a) Meditate and prepare his body and soul to accept the Tao.
(b) Attach himself to a group of ten people en route to the expidition.
(c) Fast for forty days to prove he is worthy of the task before him.
(d) Stand vigil over the sacred book for one full day and night.

5. What is it that H.H. says a historian searches for in events?
(a) The importance of the matter.
(b) The relevance of the event.
(c) The truth.
(d) The center, the common standpoint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lukas say H.H. keeps coming back to?

2. At the beginning of Part II, where does the character leave the journey?

3. How far has the journey traveled as Part II begins?

4. What do Lukas and his friends wonder about H.H. and his group?

5. In Part I, what does the narrator say that several other authors claim?

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