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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 or who does the person say a violin reminds him of?

2. What is the purpose of the letter H.H. writes at the end of Part IV.

3. What does H.H. believe is necessary to be able to write?

4. Why does H.H. visit Lukas?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does H.H. do after returning home at the end of 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 happens when the whistling stops at the beginning of Part IV?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Part V opens, Leo is sent from the League to bring H.H. to the High Throne. What is validated for H.H. by Leo's appearance and why does this matter to H.H.? What is Leo doing as they journey to the High Throne and why do you think he is behaving as he is? Describe the varying emotions experienced by H.H. as he follows Leo to their destination.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Early in Part III, Leo wants to end his meeting with H.H. after a brief conversation, but H.H. persists in following him. What does H.H. want from Leo? What is Leo's response? How does Leo try to calm H.H.? Explain why you think Leo is not able to recognize H.H. Include in your explanation an analysis of what is said in Part I about what happens to deserters of the League.

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