For whom the bell tolls test

Question 1

fascism

Answer 1

The aestheticizing of politics- some groups of people are inherently good and some are inherently ugly and should be eliminated from society

Question 2

communism

Answer 2

The politicizing of aesthetics- ideas about art and beauty cannot be separated from politics. Economically, it is the removal of all free enterprise and private property

Question 3

Poum

Answer 3

Political heretics who got declared an illegal party because they were not Stalinist

Question 4

CP

Answer 4

official communist party

Question 5

IB

Answer 5

international brigades- they were led by Andre Marty

Question 6

anarchists

Answer 6

Red and black scarves- Hemingway looks down upon them as the lowest of the low- they are depicted as drunk and worthless in chapter 10

Question 7

socialists

Answer 7

Not communists but still left leaning people

Question 8

who aligns with nationalists?

Answer 8

Rightists, rebels, Italy and Germany, Catholic Church, estate owners, some American corps

Question 9

who aligns with republicans?

Answer 9

Leftist, government, USSR, international volunteers, peasants, workers

Question 10

what were conditions in Spain like before the war?

Answer 10

Before the war, Spain was under the Catholic Church, it was poor and had low education

Question 11

When does the SCW start?

Answer 11

July 18, 1936

Question 12

Who is Franco?

Answer 12

Dictator of Spain after the war

Question 13

What is the nonintervention policy?

Answer 13

A policy set forth by the US, UK, and France indirectly helps the nationalists. This policy states that these countries will not be involved in the Spanish Civil War.

Question 14

What are the international brigades, who is the leader, and what kind of people are mostly in them?

Answer 14

The international brigades are a group of international volunteers led by Andre Marty. The majority of the people were Jewish.

Question 15

What was Guernica? How was it a symbol?

Answer 15

In April 19 37, Hitler’s condor legions fire bomb and destroy the city. It is seen as a symbol of fascist violence against civilians and it said to embody the ideals of fascism in foreign news

Question 16

What was the crackdown on Poum? When was it? What is Hemingway’s opinion?

Answer 16

Did crack down on palm occurred in May 1937 because Putin publishes criticism of Stalin which provokes rioting. The CP cracks down, arrests and kills pool leaders and members. It is then declared an illegal party. Hemingway agrees with this crackdown because he believes that discipline is necessary especially during war and that during war it is not the time to criticize leadership.

Question 17

What is George Orwell’s significance?

Answer 17

He volunteers, serves with poum rather than in CP run international brigades. After prom is declared illegal, oral and wife flee Spain back to England

Question 18

What was red terror?

Answer 18

Early in the war, civilian killings by Republicans, mostly kill industrialists, landowners, and those who sided with the church, mostly by vigilantes

Question 19

What was white terror?

Answer 19

Killings of up to 200,000 people, through the courts and orderly, continues after the war, Franco randomly choosing pardons from stack of executions

Question 20

What is the significance of bullfighting?

Answer 20

Hemingway views bullfighting as an art. He views it like a tragedy in which the character of the bull always dies. The Matador is the artist or author and the ball represents the themes and emotionally dangerous thematic elements. He believes it is the artist’s job to write about important things and when they steer away from writing horrific events, they are cowards like matadors that pull away from the bull as it passes by

Question 21

What is the iceberg theory?

Answer 21

The actual important stuff is implied or “under the surface”. Hemingway does a lot with a few words.

Question 22

What does the POEM “for whom the bell tolls” symbolize?

Answer 22

The death of a republic symbolizes that once one democracy is under attack, they all will be. Fascism versus humanity

Question 23

What does Robert Jordan do FIRST that has significance?

Answer 23

He goes to the bridge even though he is very tired which shows his discipline

Question 24

Who is Pilar, what is her significance?

Answer 24

Pilar is masculine, strong, commanding, masculine looking. Pilar does not understand the mission correctly but she is disciplined and follows the republics orders

Question 25

Who is Pablo, what is his significance?

Answer 25

Very smart, immediately understands that it is a bad mission but puts his own well-being above the mission

Question 26

Who is Maria, what is her significance?

Answer 26

Soft, innocent, beautiful, “soft brained”, she is a symbol for Spain- nationalist assaulting Maria is like how fascism affects Spain, how Robert treats Maria is how the republic wants to save and protect Spain. represents the victims of fascism

Question 27

Who is Anselmo?

Answer 27

Moral, good, never gets upset, committed to killing fascists but doesn’t want to

Question 28

Why is Anselmo’s death significant?

Answer 28

Highlights how bad of a person Pablo is because he is the cause of Anselmo’s death

Question 29

How does Robert Jordan reflect Hemingway’s beliefs?

Answer 29

Robert Jordan is not a communist but agrees with the discipline of the communist party like Hemingway

Question 30

Why is chapter ten important?

Answer 30

It is Hemingway being afraid to be labeled as a communist or that the book is labeled communist propaganda so he writes this chapter 2 over correct so people don’t see him that way.

Question 31

What is the significance of the Gaylord hotel?

Answer 31

It represents the corruption during the Spanish Civil War, Hemingway’s low opinion on people with office jobs who are networking, looks down upon the absence of danger and the heart of the republic, over represents Soviet involvement in SCW

Question 32

What happens at the scene with El Sordo on the hill?

Answer 32

He agreed to go on a raid to steal horses and got caught because the snow shows their tracks

Question 33

What is the thematic importance of the things Joaquin says when he is facing death?

Answer 33

At first he is talking about La pasionaria who is propaganda for the republic over broadcasts, he gets made fun of by the other soldiers for reciting what she says in the broadcasts, but as death approaches, he switches from propaganda to Catholic prayer and switches back to his real culture at the hour of his death

Question 34

What are the obstacles Andre spaces when he goes to deliver the message? What do these symbolize?

Answer 34

His first obstacle is the anarchist, which show how undisciplined the republican army is, then he meets Gomez who takes him through the army to get to goals but they are held up by Andre Marty which shows the American volunteers perspective on Marty.

Question 35

Why does Golz want to blow the bridge? What is the symbolism of him getting the letter too late?

Answer 35

Goals wants to blow the bridge to stop nationalist reinforcements from coming, he gets the letter just as the planes with soldiers are leaving which shows the story of the Republic which is every time they fall short

Question 36

Why does Pablo kill the remaining living soldiers?

Answer 36

He kills them to take the horses which symbolize wealth and power represented in Spanish culture, he is fine with killing people for his own game

Question 37

How did Robert Jordan die and how is it significant?

Answer 37

He dies by a horse falling on his leg breaks and he is left helpless for nationalist troops to kill him, he tells Maria that he is always going to be with her, and it is significant because it is the noble death Hemingway always wanted

Question 38

Why is the mission bad?

Answer 38

They don’t know when the battle will start, it is during the day

Question 39

when was plum liquidated

Answer 39

may of 1937

Question 40

when did the war end

Answer 40

april 1, 1939