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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 or who does H.H. wish to save in Part II?

2. In Part II, how does H.H. describe what everything has become to him?

3. According to H.H. what is new to the group in Part II?

4. What does the narrator says is impairing him as he starts his narration early in Part I?

5. According to H.H., what does the disappearance of a particular member threaten?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, what begins to happen to the unity of the journey members?

2. Who does H.H. compare his journey and its participants to in Part II?

3. How does H.H. describe his self-reflection at the end of Part II?

4. Describe Leo's characteristics as put forth in Part II by H.H.

5. What does H.H. say happens to the overall mood of the journey at the beginning of Part II?

6. In Part I, why does H.H. say it is his "destiny" to join in a great experience?

7. What spiritual advances does H.H. say occurs just after the World War?

8. In Part I, why does H.H. decide to try to write a description of his journey?

9. In Part II, what does H.H. say is a well known human weakness about "things"?

10. Why do you think H.H. compares his journey to a comet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part III, H.H. visits his friend Lukas who has written a book about the World War. What does H.H. wish to gain from the meeting? What is Lukas' original reaction to H.H.'s request? How does Lukas opinion change later in Part III?

Essay Topic 2

H.H. says that he sees his egoism more clearly each day as he plans to write. What does he mean by his "egoism"? What does he say concerning how he began his journey and what the journey has become to him? Compare and contrast H.H.'s conflicting feelings.

Essay Topic 3

The members of H.H.'s group suffer a terrible loss on their journey east. What is this loss? How does it effect the group? Why do you think the group reacts as they do?

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