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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 recognize the face she saw on the shed husk?

2. What does the biologist discover piled into a hidden area underneath the secret trapdoor in the lighthouse?

3. What do the journals reveal about Area X?

4. What words keep standing out to the biologist in one particular journal?

5. How long ago does the biologist say the Event occurred that led to the genesis of Area X?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the biologist reveal about her husband's nightmares?

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

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

4. What happens when the biologist returns to base camp after the psychologist dies?

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

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

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

8. What does the biologist see when she looks to the ground below the lighthouse?

9. What does the biologist do after the psychologist dies?

10. What does the biologist discover about the black boxes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

This novel is an example of Science Fiction. Can Science Fiction be "good literature"? Write an essay answering the questions: What qualifies something as "good literature" and does this novel fall into that category?

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