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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. In what year did Bruno meet Debord?

2. What weapon does the narrator have for others’ use?

3. Where does Bruno go to study earth science?

4. Where does the narrator shop for supplies?

5. Which of the following appellations does the narrator assign to Lucien’s uncle?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the novel, what is an épicerie?

2. Why do the old anglers in Guyenne want to go to Oklahoma to fish?

3. What critique do Denis and Françoise have of 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. Why does the narrator voice skepticism of the commune to Pascal?

8. What prevents Lucien from filming in the Alpilles?

9. Why do quinces confuse the narrator?

10. Per Pascal, why does Bruno part from his erstwhile Marxist associates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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