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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. In Part III, how does Lukas' opinion change concerning H.H.'s problem?

2. What do the man who live on the third floor do sometimes?

3. At the beginning of Part IV, how many times has H.H. been to Seilergraben?

4. What does H.H. do when the person he is following stops?

5. What feeling comes over H.H. when he is about to greet the bare-headed man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What affect does H.H.'s "happy memory" in Part III have on him?

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

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

8. What do Lukas and his circle of friends say in Part III about H.H.'s expedition?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

H.H. sits down and writes a long letter after he gets home from his conversation with Leo. Who does he write the letter to? What does he say in the letter? How does he feel immediately after he has written this letter?

Essay Topic 2

The group arrives at Morbio Inferiore. What is Morbio Inferiore and where is it located? How does H.H. describe it? Does its physical features reflect what is going on in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In Part III, H.H. visits his friend Lukas who has written a book about the World War. What does H.H. wish to gain from the meeting? What is Lukas' original reaction to H.H.'s request? How does Lukas opinion change later in Part III?

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