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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. In which of the following cities does Anastasia perform a gleaning as part of the plan to trap her assailants?
2. What night do Anastasia and Rowan meet at the Mortality Memorial?
3. To what age does Scythe Curie suggest resetting her physical self?
4. With what accuracy is the Thunderhead able to predict the path Scythes Curie and Anastasia take after the attempt is made on their lives and before they purpose to entrap their assailants?
5. What color robe does Scythe Constantine wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Scythe Curie give for taking an excursion to Endura when Anastasia is excused from gleaning?
2. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for finding employment for all people who want it?
3. The Thunderhead remarks that its Charter Regions are experiments (59). What experiment is it conducting in Texas? What result does it expect?
4. Contrast the requirements for entering scythedom and for becoming a Nimbus agent.
5. At first glance, the term “deadish” that appears throughout the novel might seem to be a euphemism; the “ish” suffix tends to be one that mitigates the effect or impact of the stem word to which it is attached. Why, however, is it NOT an example of euphemism?
6. What reasons does Sir Albin Aldrich give for wanting to be gleaned during a performance of Julius Caesar?
7. Scythe Brahms observes that “no one should see a scythe so indisposed and live” when a couple sees him bestrewn with rotting food and helps him; instead, he gives them immunity from execution and sends them on their way (11-12). How does the passage serve to reinforce his personal authority?
8. Why does Munira carry the nickname among the library clerks that she does?
9. With what task does Faraday charge Rowan concerning his scythe-killing, and why does he do so?
10. The novel notes Rowan’s work “while others prepared for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday” (53), as well as marking other holidays throughout the year (Christmas is mentioned, among others). What does the denotation of what holidays are celebrated suggest about the culture of the narrative milieu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tyger remarks that the language of Texas in the novel is “like listening to Shakespeare” (60). Follow the simile and its implications: what does it mean for Texan speech to be like Shakespearean, what does it suggest about Texas in the novel, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
The Thunderhead remarks on its disembodiment, noting it as a good thing (75). Why might it be good for the Thunderhead to remain disembodied? What makes that reasoning good? What, in this context, does “good” mean?
Essay Topic 3
Consider the injuries sustained by people in the attack on Scythes Curie and Anastasia in the theater—and from which they are revived and healed. What effects would sustaining such injuries, with awareness of them and of recovery from them, likely have on those who suffer them? What in the text suggests those effects? How does it do so?
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