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

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

3. In Part I, what does the narrator realize about the Journey East?
(a) It brings full enlightment to each traveler.
(b) It is a long and difficult journey.
(c) It is a single pilgrmage.
(d) It is a procession of believers moving towards the East.

4. What does H.H. believe is the most memorable event in Part II?
(a) The death of the leader.
(b) The disspersion of the League.
(c) Leo's disappearance.
(d) Their arrival in Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to H.H. what is new to the group in Part II?

2. According to H.H., what does the disappearance of a particular member threaten?

3. Where does the group think they will go after they see the Goblin?

4. What is the deserter relieved of by the Speaker in Part I?

5. What does H.H. say has exaggerated value in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do you think H.H. compares his journey to a comet?

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

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

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

8. What extraordinary thing happens to each member of the journey in Morbio Inferore?

9. Why do you think H.H. says there was a leaning towards Easter religions after the World War?

10. What is Morbio Inferiore?

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