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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 is making a daytime plan of escape for Robert Jordan?

2. What patrol do the three planes that fly in V formation belong to?

3. Has Anselmo ever been in battle?

4. What emotion does Pilar tell Fernando has ruined her husband's once courageous spirit?

5. Who does Pilar send with food, wine, and the dead cavalryman's papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Primivito react to the outcome of the fighting at Sordo's?

2. Why is Agustin relieved that he did not fire at all four horsemen, as he easily could?

3. Why is Pilar for the bridge?

4. Why does Pilar love the memory of Finito more than the reality of Pablo?

5. What makes Maria feel like Robert Jordan will not love her?

6. What sickens Robert Jordan the most as the cavalry pass by?

7. Why does Robert Jordan choose not to kill Pablo?

8. Does Robert Jordan believe that men can see their fate? Why or why not?

9. What does Robert Jordan believe the root is of being vulnerable to corruption in war?

10. What is the reason why Pablo has decided that he is for the train now?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the barbarianism that is displayed during the taking of the hilltop at Sordos? Does this type of action define fascism itself or does it define the dark culture of Spain? How so? How does this practice relate to other cultures in times of war? (i.e Native Americans, scalping, etc). Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Robert Jordan asks the group to leave as he waits for the fascists while holding his machine gun. Is there any other way Robert Jordan could have handled the last scene in the novel? Did he have to sacrifice himself for the safety of the group? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Robert Jordan trusts Agustin, who controlled his urge to kill the first four cavalrymen. If he had killed them, what would have happened to the mission? Agustin had the innate desire to kill. Robert Jordan thinks that killing is sacramental to Spaniards. Do you agree? Give examples from the text.

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