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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who or what occupies the narrator's thoughts the most on the journey in Part I?
(a) Solomon's Key.
(b) Leo.
(c) The Holy Grail.
(d) The Speaker.

6. What is the deserter relieved of by the Speaker in Part I?
(a) His personal journal.
(b) His cloak.
(c) His vow of silence.
(d) His prayer book.

7. What is the first amazing phenomenon the narrator sees in Part I's journey?
(a) Saint Christopher pointing to the left.
(b) Agramant fighting the League leader.
(c) Leo turning himself into a dog.
(d) The Child Savior showing the way east.

8. How does H.H. describe his demeanor in Part II?
(a) He has feelings of sadness and doubt.
(b) He becomes determined to succeed.
(c) He becomes angry and sullen.
(d) He is restless.

9. According to H.H., what must the historian do to allow meaning into a narrative?
(a) Invent units, heroes, nations, and ideas.
(b) Remain as true to the actual events as possible.
(c) Create realistic scenes with vivid imagery.
(d) Provide a common thread of knowlege for all of history.

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

11. In Part II, how does H.H. describe what everything has become to him?
(a) Clear images reflected in a mirror.
(b) Nightmares that keep him from falling asleep.
(c) Hazy memories that disappear like a mist.
(d) A mass of separate fragmentory pictures.

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

13. In Part II, another person on the journey claims what about certain writings?
(a) They are understood only by League members.
(b) They are writings in French and Hebrew.
(c) They are original characters known only by the master.
(d) They are important German writings.

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

15. 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) Fast for forty days to prove he is worthy of the task before him.
(c) Attach himself to a group of ten people en route to the expidition.
(d) Stand vigil over the sacred book for one full day and night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's life-goal?

2. In Part II, what does H.H. say he would willing exchange his belief for?

3. What is H.H.'s hope as Part II ends?

4. What impression do most people have of the League?

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

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