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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. Who or what does H.H. say he will not give in to as Part III opens?

2. Why does H.H. visit Lukas?

3. What does H.H. see the person he follows do in Part IV?

4. Who or what does H.H. say he scorns at the beginning of Part III?

5. What happens after H.H. makes his vow when Part III begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do people not on the journey get news of the League journey?

3. What sentiments does H.H. express about psychologist in Part III?

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

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

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

7. Why is Lukas able to succeed with his story while H.H. fails in Part III?

8. As Part IV opens, how does H.H. respond to whistling he hears from a house where Leo might live?

9. How does Lukas help H.H. in his search for Leo in part III?

10. Explain what H.H. says happens to the journey in Part III.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator says in Part I that generations try to suppress what previous generations have done. What does he say generations will recall about horrible things they endured? What does he seem to be referring to? Is there a particular character he might be speaking of? If so, who and why?

Essay Topic 2

As the story ends, H.H. is interrupted in his task at the archives and told the League is going to place a judgment on him. What is revealed to him about the President? What is the judgment on H.H., and how does it help explain episodes that occurred in Parts III and IV concerning Leo and the League? Do you think H.H.'s trial and judgment are an allegory of life? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of Part I, the narrator says he has not seen any existence of the League for a long time, nor any of its members. What reason does he give for this later in Part I? What does he say happens to those who leave the League? Explain.

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