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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. Chang calls himself what?

2. What name does D'Arnoq give the first natives of the island?

3. What is lacking in Cavendish's room at Aurora House?

4. Where does Adam Ewing practice law?

5. Where is Sixsmith when chapter three begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Luisa's famous father.

2. How does Smoke kill Sixsmith?

3. What is Dr. Goose doing when Adam meets him?

4. Why does Cavendish not report having his watch stolen?

5. What happens to Cavendish while he is traveling to the location his brother sends him to?

6. Who is Professor Mephi?

7. What causes Frobisher to become vexed with his affair with Ayrs' wife?

8. Describe the congregation that Dr. Goose and Adam go to on Sunday.

9. What is Frobisher's plan regarding Ayrs?

10. What does Luisa encounter when she reaches the entrance of Swannekke Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zachry and Meronym struggle to find safety, as do other characters in the book. What is the struggle to find safety symbolic of? Use specific examples in the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Use examples from the book to answer the following question: How do all of the stories in "Cloud Atlas" represent a conflict between humans and society?

Essay Topic 3

Using specific examples from the story, how are all the stories tied together? What makes them relate to one another so that they are in one book?

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