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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. Where does Platon get his hair dyed?

2. What does the French government introduce to control rats?

3. In what Brooklyn neighborhood had the narrator worked?

4. Where does the narrator claim to work when she moves in with Lucien?

5. With which of the following does the II. Priest Valley begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator find evoked by Lucien’s posture when she first meets him?

2. What does Bruno posit is the root cause of depression?

3. What does Bruno note is the distinction between modern humans’ early art and that of the Neanderthal?

4. How does Bruno characterize the myth of Prometheus and Epimetheus?

5. How does the narrator justify shoplifting?

6. On what mission does the narrator first encounter Priest Valley?

7. To what does Bruno ascribe the persistence of wild-man legends?

8. Why does the narrator sleep well on her first night lodging near the Moulinards?

9. What does Bruno note is the purpose of the Neanderthal large face?

10. What reasons does the narrator posit for Bruno keeping his fires small?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the section-numbering and -titling scheme at work in Creation Lake? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Creation Lake should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of sections influence reading. What pattern of subsection-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of subsections have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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