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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 psychologist explain the fear that the Southern Reach has for Area X?

2. What does the biologist discover on the psychologist's arm and shoulder in 04: Immersion?

3. Why does the biologist refuse to let the psychologist restore her memories?

4. What does the biologist pass on her way to the lighthouse in 03: Immolation?

5. What did the psychologist write about the biologist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the biologist infer about the man whose face is circled in the picture she discovers in the lighthouse?

2. What does the biologist discover about the psychologist's body when she descends to the bottom of the lighthouse?

3. How do the words on the walls of the lighthouse differ from the words on the walls of the tower?

4. What are some details that the biologist learns from the journals that she finds under the trap door in the lighthouse?

5. How does the psychologist respond when the biologist asks for more information about the border crossing?

6. What does the biologist notice about the lighthouse when she sees it for the first time?

7. What sort of responses does the biologist gives to the psychologist during their sessions?

8. Where does the biologist plan to go at the start of 03: Immolation?

9. What does the biologist decide about the words in the tower?

10. What does the biologist discover as she searches the psychologist's body in 04: Immersion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between the psychologist and the biologist. Pay special attention to the final scene where the biologist finds the psychologist on the beach. Consider what the psychologist's motivation is compared to the biologist's.

Essay Topic 2

Much focus is placed on the mysterious words that appear on the wall of the Tower, which the novel's characters describe as sounding biblical. Write an essay analyzing the rhetorical style of these words and create a thesis that supports or denies that they are biblical in nature. Conclude the essay by analyzing what role, if any, religion has in this text.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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