For Whom the Bell Tolls Quizzes

For Whom the Bell Tolls Quiz 1

By Eileen O'Conner · Last reviewed April 30, 2000

1 Robert Jordan is an American_______

student

lawyer

professor

mechanic
2 Pablo is very proud of the_______ he stole from the soldiers he killed.

plans

horses

money

guns
3 Who asks Robert Jordan: "What right have you, a foreigner, to come to me and tell me what I must do?"

Anselmo

Primitivo

Pablo

Pilar
4 Golz is a _____ general.

American

Russian

Spanish

German
5 "Cropped-head" refers to which character?

Andres

Jordan

Maria

Anselmo
6 What does Robert Jordan call "sharks"?

enemy planes

General Golz and his men

Pablo and his recruits

enemy soldiers
7 Who becomes the leader of the group when Pablo refuses to blow the bridge?

Pilar

El Sordo

Anselmo

Jordan
8 Snow can be a metaphor for all of the following except

doom

anticipation

victory

battle
9 Finito, Pilar's lover before Pablo, was a______ in Valenica.

professor

mayor

revolutionary

bull-fighter
10 Maria's father, a devoted Republican, was also a _________

professor

revolutionary

bul-fighter

mayor
11 Robert Jordan worries about losing all of the following except

his life

Maria

time

his supplies
12 When Maria tells Jordan, "if we do everything together, the other maybe never will have been," what does "the other" refer to?

her rape by the Fascist soldiers

the murder of her parents

the death of her old boyfriend

Pablo's outburst at Jordan
13 Pilar foretells Jordan's future through

a vision

card reading

palm reading

the stars
14 Jordan's nickname for Maria refers to the way she

eats

walks

talks

dresses
15 On his last night with Maria, what prevents Jordan from sleeping?

unsettled nerves

keeping watch

an approaching soldier

time ticking away on his watch
16 The night that Pablo leaves, Rafael was not at his post because

he had fallen asleep

he was hunting rabbits

he was following Pablo

he was killed by a soldier
17 El Sordo's name refers to which characteristic?

old age

courage

lameness

deafness
18 Pilar's tale about Pablo's early victory symbolizes what?

Pilar's fear of death

Pablo's childhood

the inhumanity of war

the victory of the Republican cause
19 The following are all major themes in For Whom the Bell Tolls except

love

death

irony

all of the above are major themes.
20 Hemingway's writing style, despite his complex plot and imagery, can be best described as_______

stream-of-consciousness

direct and simple

flowery

elusive
21 How does Anselmo feel when he thinks "the fascists are warmand they are comfortable, and tomorrow night we will kill them"?

sad

scared

vengeful

proud
22 The trouble Andres encounters when he tries to deliver the message to Golz is a commentary on the _______ of the Republican army.

security

size

pride

apathy and inefficiency
23 Which character do the others refer to when they say he has "gone bad"?

Pablo

Andres

Jordan

Rafael
24 Which character is always sent away when fighting is discussed?

Pablo

Rafael

Maria

Pilar
25 The deceased Kashkin could symbolize Jordan's

job

death

foreignness

bravery

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