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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 Calvin tell Meg happened to Progo?

2. What was recorded when the biologist with the plants left town?

3. What does Meg do when she summons up enough love to love the Echthroi?

4. What does Meg figure out will fill the void of the Echthroi?

5. How does the ability to move limit the farae?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the inside of the mitochondria look and feel like?

2. What are the little farandolae doing in the and what is the result?

3. What does Jenkins feel he lacks and how do he and Meg resolve their differences?

4. What does Jenkins come to understand about Charles?

5. What does Sporos do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

6. Where does Meg end up when she leaves the mitochondria and what is there?

7. What is deepening, how does it feel and why do some avoid it?

8. What does Progo tell Meg about the farandolae and how they live and move?

9. What does Meg do when the Echthroi takes over Mr. Jenkins?

10. What does Meg do after Progo Xes himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this climactic chapter, the author concludes her morality tale by advancing the notion that struggling with evil is not an effective way of overcoming it. As she emphasizes in each of the Time Quartet books, love is the strongest force in the universe, and only through love can evil be vanquished.

1. Why do you think the author suggests that struggling with evil is not the best way to deal with it?

2. Do you think love can overcome evil? Why or why not?

3. Do you think you could love something as evil as the Echthroi like Meg did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Metron Arison symbolically portrays the author's message that what happens in the microcosm affects the macrocosm.

1. What do you think this means, the microcosm affects the macrocosm?

2. Describe a situation in your life that would demonstrate this principle.

3. Describe a situation in the world that would demonstrate this principle.

Essay Topic 3

The soul represents the best part of a man's nature, and Meg is directed to recognize and love Jenkins' soul even if she deplores his behavior or personality. This concept also focuses on spiritual morality, referring to the Christian admonition to love thy enemy, or love thy neighbor as thyself. However, most religions and spiritual practices preach this concept as well, and it is, at its core, a humanist concept, whether connected to religion or not. Despite the book's use of Christian mythology, the precepts it teaches are universal.

1. Do you think you could love a person while deploring his/her behavior? Why or why not?

2. How do you think the world would change if everyone was able to love a person's soul?

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