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

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

3. How far has the journey traveled as Part II begins?
(a) Almost to the Pyramids of Egypt.
(b) To the woods of Lindhorst.
(c) Through half of Europe and a portion of the Middle Ages.
(d) Beyond the Alps into Ancient Macedonia.

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

5. What does the deserter wish to do some time later?
(a) Expose the League's secrets.
(b) Write his memoirs for publication.
(c) Gain the confidence of the League Speaker.
(d) Be forgiven and rejoin the League.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part I, what does the narrator say world history often seems like?

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

4. In Part I, what does the narrator realize about the Journey East?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what does H.H. say is characteristic of the journey?

2. In Part II, what does H.H. say happens when he tries to think about the events of his journey?

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

4. What can be determined about H.H.'s mood as he begins his journey in Part I?

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

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

7. In Part I, why does H.H. decide to try to write a description of his journey?

8. In Part I, why does H.H. say it is his "destiny" to join in a great experience?

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

10. In Part I, why does H.H. say the "Third Empire" has shattered?

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