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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 the psychologist use hypnosis to keep the surveyor and anthropologist from doing?

2. How does the surveyor feel about the status of the mission in 02: Integration?

3. What do the members of the expedition find on the walls of the tunnel?

4. How does the narrator describe her life in the world outside of the expedition?

5. What are shape are the tiny creatures inside of the tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the members of the 12th expedition not know about the Tower/Tunnel ahead of time?

2. What is the interaction between the biologist and the surveyor before she heads to the lighthouse in 02: Integration?

3. After they discover the body of the anthropologist in 02: Integration, how does the biologist's view on the expedition change?

4. What is the surveyor's reaction when the biologist tells her that the psychologist has been hypnotizing them?

5. In 02: Integration, what is the biologist's theory about what happened to the anthropologist?

6. How does the psychologist get the biologist and the surveyor to go into the tunnel without her In Integration?

7. What happens when the members of the expedition call back to the low moaning sound that comes from Area X at dusk?

8. What are some of the results that the biologist gains from her tests in 02: Integration?

9. What do the surveyor and biologist realize when they exit the tunnel in 02: Integration?

10. What hypnotic commands does the psychologist give the team on the evening after they first explore the tower?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the conclusion of the novel, the biologist decides to follow her husband's footsteps, explaining that she does not need to find him but that she does need "to see what he saw" (194). How is this scene representative of their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

At multiple points in the novel, the biologist describes the diverse ecosystem that exists within Area X. At multiple times, she thinks back to ecosystems that she has experienced in her work and her personal life. Write an essay analyzing the role that ecosystem play in the action of the novel. In your conclusion, explain the relevance of ecosystems to the novel's themes.

Essay Topic 3

The narrator of this text is the Biologist. Write an essay analyzing the pros and cons of Vandermeer's choice to write the text from the first person point of view. Be sure to address the reliability of the narrator.

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