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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What or who does H.H. wish to save in Part II?

3. What is H.H.'s hope as Part II ends?

4. What does H.H. say no longer exists in the group?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what happens to upset the journey members as Part II begins.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lukas makes comparisons between his experiences in the World War and H.H.'s experiences on his journey. What comparisons does he make? What does Lukas say about any attempts to write down personal experiences? Do you agree with Lukas? Compare and contrast what H.H. says about his experiences in trying to write his memoirs and what Lukas says about writing. Why do you think Lukas was able to succeed when H.H. cannot?

Essay Topic 2

H.H. says that he sees his egoism more clearly each day as he plans to write. What does he mean by his "egoism"? What does he say concerning how he began his journey and what the journey has become to him? Compare and contrast H.H.'s conflicting feelings.

Essay Topic 3

The members of H.H.'s group suffer a terrible loss on their journey east. What is this loss? How does it effect the group? Why do you think the group reacts as they do?

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