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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 does H.H. tell Lukas his current passion is in Part III?

2. What or who does the man summon with his whistle?

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

4. What is H.H.'s relationship to Lukas?

5. What does the man H.H. follows say about knowing people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

After his encounter with Leo, H.H. says he felt foolish and lost, and that he wished to die.How does H.H. describe death? Has the meaning of death changed for him? Compare what he says about death. What helps him overcome his desire to die?

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