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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 ask the surveyor when they are in the tunnel in 02: Integration?
2. What does the surveyor do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?
3. Which member drops out before they even enter Area X?
4. What does the biologist do when they return to base camp in 01: Initiation?
5. What happened to the members of the second expedition sent to explore the area that the narrator's expedition explores?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she can perceive the tower breathing?
2. What do the surveyor and biologist realize when they exit the tunnel in 02: Integration?
3. How does the psychologist get the biologist and the surveyor to go into the tunnel without her In Integration?
4. What are the members of the 12th expedition told to do with their journals?
5. In "Initiation," what does the Biologist say happened to the members of the last expedition?
6. What does the biologist notice first about the tunnel the second time she enters it?
7. What discovery frightens the biologist and the surveyor within the tower in 02: Integration?
8. What is unique about the pool that the biologist had at her home growing up?
9. What is the moaning sound that the expedition hears in Area X?
10. Why did the Southern Reach stop issuing firearms for a while after the third expedition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the role of the biologist's husband in the text. Why would Vandermeer include him in the text? What does he reveal about the character(s) and how does he move the plot forward?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the symbol of the lighthouse in the novel. What is its significance and deeper meaning?
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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