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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 does the surveyor seem to feel about the biologist's attempt to change her mind at the end of 02: Integration?

2. What personal connection does the biologist reveal about herself and Area X in 02: Integration?

3. What substance do the surveyor and the biologist discover on the stairs during their second trip into the tower?

4. What did the killer do that made them responsible for the death of the corpse discovered in 02: Integration?

5. Where is the narrator's expedition going in 01:Initiation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the moaning sound that the expedition hears in Area X?

3. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she can perceive the tower breathing?

4. How does the narrator react when she first realizes that the psychologist is issuing a hypnotic command to which she is immune?

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

6. What are the members of the 12th expedition told to do with their journals?

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

8. What do the biologist and the surveyor find when they develop the pictures they took in the tunnel?

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

10. What is unique about the pool that the biologist had at her home growing up?

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

Very little is known about the psychologist. Based on the limited details that are revealed in the text, analyze her motivation. Is she a foil for the biologist? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Vandermeer uses strong sensory details throughout the text. He is especially prone to using vivid color descriptions. Write an essay analyzing Vandermeer's use of color in the text. Describe when it appears and analyze its impact on the tone of the novel and the development of the characters.

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