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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 purpose of the letter H.H. writes at the end of Part IV.

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

3. Who joins H.H. as he listens to the whistling?

4. At the beginning of Part III, how does H.H. remember feeling about his group's undertaking?

5. What does Lukas say he finally was able to accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Part IV, what relationship does the person H.H. has been talking to have with Necker?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Part I, the narrator suggests the reader cannot really comprehend his story. What reasons does he give? Who does he agree with and what is said that he finds to be true? Who are the only ones he thinks can believe or understand his tale? Do you agree with H.H.'s beliefs and concerns about the reader's ability to understand? Explain your answer and include if you have ever had difficulty understanding a book due to lack of experience contained in the topic.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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