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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe his country at the end of the World War?

3. In Part One, who does the narrator quote as saying, "Where are we really going"?

4. What do the officials instruct the narrator to do once he is a member of the League?

5. In Part I, what does the narrator say the conquered nations are ready to believe in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part II, what does H.H. say is a well known human weakness about "things"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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