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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 does H.H. write a long letter to when he returns home after his encounter with the man he follows?

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

3. What does H.H. realize he is really trying to do when Part III ends?

4. When the person learns H.H. has given up something special, what does he say it is because of?

5. What does Lukas believe cannot be conveyed to even the most serious?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What experiences do Lukas and H.H. share in Part III?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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