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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 everyone agree on about a particular document in Part II?
(a) It is in a linen bag.
(b) It is a copy.
(c) It is an original.
(d) It is of great value.

2. What or who does H.H. say historical events happen to?
(a) The future.
(b) The nameless.
(c) The victors.
(d) The participants.

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

4. What impression do most people have of the League?
(a) It is a league of wonderous judges.
(b) It is an ancient group of mystics.
(c) It is one of many newly blossomed cults.
(d) It is the secret protectors of Christian artifacts.

5. What happens to H.H.'s first attempt to tell his story?
(a) He loses his journal.
(b) He is brought to a halt by a single, small episode.
(c) He believes the journey is not worth remembering.
(d) He is too sad to remember the events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Leo at the end of Part I?

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

3. How does the narrator describe all the artists, poets, and musicians among the group in Part I?

4. In Part II, how does H.H. describe what everything has become to him?

5. In Part I, who or what does the narrator meet at the riverside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part I why does H.H. insist that other authors who claim to be members of the League and write travel diaries are not telling the truth?

5. In Part II, what begins to happen to the unity of the journey members?

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

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

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

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

10. What does H.H. say is his personal goal on the League's journey to the east?

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