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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 biologist see as she stands watch at night in 02: Integration?

2. How does the biologist characterize her husband's behavior upon his return from Area X?

3. What is the purpose of the black device the members of the expedition wear?

4. What does the anthropologist leave behind when she leaves in Integration?

5. What does the biologist ask the surveyor when they are in the tunnel in 02: Integration?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What comparison does the narrator make between the ocean air and the air back home in "Initiation"?

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

4. What commonalities did the narrator notice when looking through interview materials from the participants of the 11th expedition?

5. How does the psychologist explain the absence of the anthropologist in 02: Integration?

6. What is recorded about the first expedition into Area X?

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

8. What do the biologist and the surveyor discover when they wake up at the beginning of 02: Integration?

9. Why are the members of the expedition told not to share their journals with one another?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though the novel mostly takes place within Area X, the biologist offers occasional descriptions of the outside world from which she came. Write an essay analyzing the biologist's descriptions of the outside world to determine what she believes of the world outside and how these beliefs connect to the themes of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Is this a feminist text? Analyze specific details in the text to help you support your thesis. Be sure to include the definition of feminist and include a feminist critique of the novel.

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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