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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 reminds PIlar that there will be no attack unless they hear this sound.

2. Where does Robert Jordan lie to wait for daylight?

3. What does Andres think when he sees the government position ahead?

4. What is the only weapon Robert Jordan still kept that belonged to his grandfather?

5. Maria's father yells out "Viva la Republica" before this event happens.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Andres arrives at the government position, what do the guards think of him?

2. What does Andres think about as he walks to Golz, carrying a message from Robert Jordan?

3. What does Lieutenant Colonel Miranda tell Gomez to do?

4. How did Robert Jordan's father kill himself?

5. Who does Pilar blame for the stolen materials?

6. What does Robert Jordan's dispatch to General Golz say?

7. What is Robert Jordan's plan?

8. What do Robert Jordan and Pablo discuss as they load the horses and prepare to leave?

9. Does Robert Jordan live? Explain.

10. What do the new men mistakenly think Pablo's role is in the mission?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Karkov enters the Hotel Gaylord in Madrid and gladly meets his wife and mistress in the same room. How are women respected and treated at this time in Spain? Define the role of women at the time of the Spanish Civil War and contrast it with the treatment of women in America at the same time in history. Use Pilar and Maria's characters in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Joaquin's story shows the effects of war on the civilian population. It also symbolizes what happens in many countries when America intervenes in foreign affairs. What is the price that civilians of the countries America invades pay for supporting wars? Discuss current events that depict this intervention.

Essay Topic 3

Define guerrilla warfare, then define civil war. What does it mean to engage in guerrilla warfare during a civil war? Name and discuss two events in history that have seen the type of fighting that are portrayed in Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Compare and contrast them to Hemingway's presentation of the Spanish Civil War.

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