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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. Who does not go into the tunnel during the first exploration?

2. What do the surveyor and biolgist notice about the words in the tunnel in 02: Integration?

3. Who does not want to go back to the tower in 02: Integration?

4. What makes the expedition team laugh over dinner in 01: Initiation?

5. Which member of the expedition has had the most weapons training?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the mission of the 12th expedition into Area X?

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

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

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

6. How does the biologist feel when members of the Southern Reach come for her husband after he returned from Area X?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The journals that are found in the lighthouse reveal as much to the biologist as they do further her confusion. What do the journals symbolize? In what ways do they make her understanding of this missions and Area X more defined? In what ways do they further confuse her?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the significance of the black and white photo that the biologist finds in the lighthouse. Using evidence from the text, make inferences as to who circled the photo and what role the man in the photo plays in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term "foil" as it pertains to characters in a novel or story. Who is a foil to the biologist? Use evidence from the text and carefully explain why this selection was made.

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