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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. Approximately how many Moulinards live at the commune?

2. From which of the following does Naida hail?

3. Where does Céline flee after the Vichy regime falls?

4. What does the narrator claim is her favorite Italian film?

5. Which of the following accompanies Platon to Guyenne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator note is the most common utility vehicle in France?

2. In the novel, what is an épicerie?

3. Why is the narrator permitted to disagree with the intellectuals among the Moulinards?

4. What does René report radicalized him?

5. Why, per Bruno, is there resistance to the idea of Neanderthal fishing?

6. What does the narrator remark agents do after their infiltrative assignments end?

7. How does the novel describe emotional labor (246)?

8. What critique do Denis and Françoise have of the Moulinards?

9. Why does the narrator doubt Pascal’s violent intentions?

10. What is the subversive action the Moulinards plan at the agricultural festival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Creation Lake? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the novel’s overall impression of humanity? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

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