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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. Why does the biologist know the layout of the lighthouse?
2. What is the psychologist's final request?
3. How does the psychologist describe the biologist's dad?
4. What are the some of the plant life shaped like in the abandoned village?
5. How does the biologist describe her mother when talking to the psychologist?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the biologist suspect about those personality traits of hers that the psychologist might have been professionally inclined to disapprove of?
2. What is one thing that the biologist and psychologist argue about while they are on the beach?
3. How does the psychologist respond when the biologist asks for more information about the border crossing?
4. What happens when the biologist returns to base camp after the psychologist dies?
5. What does the biologist learn as she reads the surveyor's journal?
6. What does the biologist discover below the trap door in the lighthouse?
7. What does the biologist learn about the moaning noise on her way back to basecamp in 04: Immersion?
8. What does the biologist discover about the black boxes?
9. What reason does the psychologist give the biologist for being on the beach?
10. What does the biologist decide about the words in the tower?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Vandermeer's use, or lack their of, of names and the ambiguity of language in the text. Why does Vandermeer keep the charters nameless?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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