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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. What does the narrator's vow to the League forbid him to do?
(a) Advocate for another member if they are courtmartialed.
(b) Disclose anything about the League.
(c) Die for the sake of the League.
(d) Communicate anything about his personal experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to H.H., what must the historian do to allow meaning into a narrative?

2. What is placed on the narrator as he is admitted into the League?

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

4. What does H.H. says happens when he examines things too closely?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does H.H. describe his self-reflection at the end of Part II?

2. What reason does H.H. give in Part I about readers of his memoirs not comprehending them?

3. What does H.H. say happens to the overall mood of the journey at the beginning of Part II?

4. Why does H.H. say that the journey servant, Leo, seems wiser than he appears?

5. What spiritual advances does H.H. say occurs just after the World War?

6. In Part II, what is the confusion among the members over a missing document?

7. Who does H.H. compare his journey and its participants to in Part II?

8. Describe Leo's characteristics as put forth in Part II by H.H.

9. What is Morbio Inferiore?

10. In Part II, does H.H. believe he can tell his story?

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