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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 does H.H. tell Lukas about the League?

2. Who does H.H. say is the whistler?

3. What does Lukas believe is man's strongest hunger?

4. Where does H.H. follow the person to in Part IV?

5. Who or what does H.H. see near the person he follows in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does H.H. say he intends to "exercise his will" in Part III?

2. In Part IV, how does H.H. feel as he and the person he has been speaking with part ways?

3. What is H.H. thinking and feeling as Part III opens?

4. In Part IV what does the person say when H.H. pleads for recognition?

5. What happens when H.H. approaches the person he has followed to a park in Part IV?

6. In Part IV, what does the person in the park say to H.H. about people who give up their abilities and ambitions?

7. What is H.H.'s reaction to the possibility of finding Leo in Part III?

8. What does H.H. do as the person who exits the building passes by him in Part IV?

9. What does H.H.'s friend Lukas do for a living?

10. What does H.H. say of the friendship he is seeking with the person he has been speaking to in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leo is patient with H.H. yet remains distant. What reason does Leo give for this distancing? What does Leo say about understanding men? Who does he seem to prefer as his intimate companions? Why? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

H.H. says everything is at stake for him and his whole future life will be decided by the High Throne. What effect does he believe the High Throne's decision could have on his past? Why does he give so much importance to the High Throne's opinion? Do you think it will impact his goal to write his memoirs? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

H.H. sees Leo on Seilergraben and recognizes him. Why do you think it takes him so long to approach Leo? What does H.H. do before making himself known to Leo? How does Leo behave? Explain why you think Leo acts the way he does.

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