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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his country at the end of the World War?
(a) It is under the rule of a strong dictator.
(b) It is enjoying a new prosperity.
(c) It is full of saviors and prophets.
(d) It is settling into a democratic time.

2. What does the deserter wish to do some time later?
(a) Be forgiven and rejoin the League.
(b) Write his memoirs for publication.
(c) Expose the League's secrets.
(d) Gain the confidence of the League Speaker.

3. What or who does H.H. say historical events happen to?
(a) The future.
(b) The participants.
(c) The nameless.
(d) The victors.

4. In Part I, who or what does the narrator meet at the riverside?
(a) Mermaids.
(b) A talking peacock.
(c) Charles the Great.
(d) Puss 'n Boots.

5. What doubts do H.H.'s memory of the journey and participants of the World War share?
(a) Whether their story is worth telling.
(b) Whether others care what happened to them.
(c) Whether they will ever forget.
(d) Whether or not they really experienced it.

6. In Part I, what does the narrator realize about the Journey East?
(a) It is a long and difficult journey.
(b) It is a procession of believers moving towards the East.
(c) It brings full enlightment to each traveler.
(d) It is a single pilgrmage.

7. What is it that H.H. says a historian searches for in events?
(a) The relevance of the event.
(b) The importance of the matter.
(c) The truth.
(d) The center, the common standpoint.

8. What does the narrator says is impairing him as he starts his narration early in Part I?
(a) An injury to his leg.
(b) His confidence and recollection.
(c) His eyesight.
(d) An injury to his head.

9. What does H.H. says happens when he examines things too closely?
(a) They slip away and dissolve.
(b) They come into sharp relief.
(c) They become a heavy burden.
(d) THey are imprinted forever in his memory.

10. What happens to H.H.'s first attempt to tell his story?
(a) He loses his journal.
(b) He is too sad to remember the events.
(c) He believes the journey is not worth remembering.
(d) He is brought to a halt by a single, small episode.

11. What is the deserter relieved of by the Speaker in Part I?
(a) His personal journal.
(b) His cloak.
(c) His vow of silence.
(d) His prayer book.

12. In Part I, what does the narrator believe is his great fortune?
(a) To find a rare map.
(b) To belong to the League.
(c) To inherit a modest fortune.
(d) To be a gifted writer.

13. Where do many of the journey members believe League documents are deposited?
(a) In the League Library at Zurich.
(b) In an ancient Greek library.
(c) In a temple in Rome.
(d) In four old capitals.

14. At the beginning of Part II, who or what else is missing?
(a) Instructions from the League Court.
(b) Food needed for the rest of the journey.
(c) Other things from everyone.
(d) Orders from the Caliph.

15. According to H.H., what must the historian do to allow meaning into a narrative?
(a) Create realistic scenes with vivid imagery.
(b) Invent units, heroes, nations, and ideas.
(c) Remain as true to the actual events as possible.
(d) Provide a common thread of knowlege for all of history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does H.H. say has exaggerated value in Part II?

2. What does everyone agree on about a particular document in Part II?

3. What does the narrator say each member on the Journey East has to have?

4. In Part I, what is Longus doing in "the wood"?

5. What is placed on the narrator as he is admitted into the League?

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