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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does H.H. describe certain articles in Part II?
(a) As precious tokens of their journey.
(b) As seemingly indispensable things.
(c) As proofs that the League existed.
(d) As meaningless ornaments of the world.

2. Where does the group think they will go after they see the Goblin?
(a) To the safety of the valley.
(b) Follow the Goblin to the signpost.
(c) To the Blue Pot.
(d) Continue their journey without interruption.

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

4. According to H.H. what is new to the group in Part II?
(a) Their disputes.
(b) Their goals.
(c) Their spirituality.
(d) Their leader.

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

6. What unmerited reputation does the League have in Part I?
(a) They are commisioned by St. Christopher.
(b) They will take back the Holy Land.
(c) They will restore the monarchy.
(d) They will overthrow the government in India.

7. What does H.H. say has exaggerated value in Part II?
(a) The success of the journey.
(b) The power of the League.
(c) A missing document.
(d) Lukas' description of the World War.

8. What is the narrator's life-goal?
(a) To capture a magical snake.
(b) To win the love of Princess Fatima.
(c) To travel with Roland.
(d) To understand the "Tao".

9. In Part I, what does the narrator say world history often seems like?
(a) A waste of time to study.
(b) A short respite between national wars.
(c) Humanity's desire to erase its memory.
(d) Glorious revelations of previous generations.

10. 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.

11. Where do many of the journey members believe League documents are deposited?
(a) In the League Library at Zurich.
(b) In a temple in Rome.
(c) In four old capitals.
(d) In an ancient Greek library.

12. What doubts do H.H.'s memory of the journey and participants of the World War share?
(a) Whether or not they really experienced it.
(b) Whether they will ever forget.
(c) Whether their story is worth telling.
(d) Whether others care what happened to them.

13. What does the narrator say each member on the Journey East has to have?
(a) A common goal.
(b) Their own private goals.
(c) Sturdy boots and clothing.
(d) Food enough to share with each traveller.

14. In Part I, what does the narrator say that several other authors claim?
(a) They have traveled the world.
(b) They are brothers of the League
(c) They have give accurate descriptions of the East.
(d) They are experts in archeology.

15. At the beginning of Part II, who or what else is missing?
(a) Orders from the Caliph.
(b) Instructions from the League Court.
(c) Food needed for the rest of the journey.
(d) Other things from everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leads to heated arguments within the group at the beginning of Part II?

2. Who unexpectedly disappears from the journey as Part II opens?

3. What or who does H.H. say historical events happen to?

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

5. In Part II, where does one man assert an important document is?

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