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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 does H.H. say he used to be?

2. What do Lukas and his friends wonder about H.H. and his group?

3. How does H.H. say he will approach his task in Part III?

4. What feeling comes over H.H. when he is about to greet the bare-headed man?

5. How does H.H. feel when he answers the person he is following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when H.H. approaches the person he has followed to a park in Part IV?

2. How does H.H. say he intends to "exercise his will" in Part III?

3. What happens when the whistling stops at the beginning of Part IV?

4. In Part IV, what does the person in the park say to H.H. about people who give up their abilities and ambitions?

5. What experiences do Lukas and H.H. share in Part III?

6. What is H.H.'s reaction to the possibility of finding Leo in Part III?

7. What is H.H. thinking and feeling as Part III opens?

8. Explain what H.H. says happens to the journey in Part III.

9. What do Lukas and his circle of friends say in Part III about H.H.'s expedition?

10. What does H.H. do as the person who exits the building passes by him in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leo is patient with H.H. yet remains distant. What reason does Leo give for this distancing? What does Leo say about understanding men? Who does he seem to prefer as his intimate companions? Why? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Part III opens with H.H. speaking of a "difficulty" he cannot find a solution to. What does he vow he will do? What challenges confront him? How does he hope to overcome his problem in order to approach his goal?

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