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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. How many words does Charlie learn before he discovers that the Indian has been teaching him the wrong meanings of the words?

2. What did an Armenian priest call Mount Ararat?

3. When was a painting created about the shipwreck of the Medusa?

4. What is the name of the priest that Matt portrays?

5. In Chapter 5, what Cape had the expedition rounded when they saw the porpoises?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effects did James Bartley suffer from being swallowed by a whale?

2. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

3. What is different about the way the couple sleeps in "Parenthesis"?

4. How would science explain the halo of cloud that appears around Mount Ararat?

5. Why do Charlie and the crew have to hike into the jungle?

6. Why was it decided after the seventh day that the sick should be killed?

7. How did the Armenian priest defend himself when Amanda doubted that the amulet he offered to sell was from the ark?

8. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

9. When a violent storm blew up while Jonah was traveling by ship, how did the mariners decide that Jonah was the cause of the storm?

10. How is the woman's sleep sometimes broken and how does this affect the man in "Parenthesis"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Wars of Religion," a court case is presented to a judge where church parishioners file a complaint against woodworms. Discuss the complaint and the evidence against the woodworms. Was there enough evidence to convict the woodworms?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Barnes makes reference to the woodworm. Discuss how the woodworm is portrayed in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Wars of Religion," the habitans demand that the insects be excommunicated for their alleged crimes. Using examples from the book, discuss excommunication and whether it was or was not an appropriate punishment for the insects.

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