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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. Robert Jordan tells Agustin and Primivito not to shoot or throw a grenade unless they hear shooting from this object.

2. What does Pablo dress as when he arrives?

3. What does the gypsy want Robert Jordan to do?

4. How does Kashkin die, according to Robert Jordan?

5. What kind of tree does Robert Jordan cut down to use the boughs to make a bed, the smell reminding him of Missoula?

Short Essay Questions

1. Agustin hopes for a massacre, but Robert Jordan tells him that without the bridge it would mean nothing. Why?

2. Why is Pilar jealous of Maria and Robert Jordan?

3. Why does Pablo refuse to call Robert Jordan a professor?

4. Why is Pilar for the bridge?

5. Is Sordo afraid to die? Explain.

6. What did Pilar do to escape the attack at the barracks?

7. What happens after Robert Jordan shoots the horseman?

8. After Robert Jordan tells Maria that he loves her, what does he begin to fear and why?

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

10. What happens to the men on the hill after the planes have passed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare/Contrast: Pablo becomes more and more cowardly as the novel progresses. At one point Robert Jordan thinks he has not drank as much as he claims to have. Discuss Pablo's fatal flaw and how he can be contrasted with Anselmo, who is also afraid, but acts out his duty regardless.

Essay Topic 2

Superstition is threaded through the novel. Discuss three events that were embedded with superstition and omens. Were the characters foolish for believing in the omens? Or was there truth in their beliefs? Explain using evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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