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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. Who is the head of the History Department at Oxford?

2. What is in a cage in the hut where Kivrin takes refuge?

3. What does Finch tell Dunworthy about the closet tech to Oxford?

4. What does Kivrin realize shortly after waking and knowing she is back in time?

5. What is Kivrin wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the problems of quarantine with which Dunworthy has to handle?

2. Who does Dunworthy try to communicate with again and what does he realize through talking with the man?

3. Describe Badri.

4. Why is Kivrin going to be able to go to the drop place, but what happens that she does not get there?

5. What does Kivrin's interpreter do and does she expect to need it?

6. Why is Kivrin having trouble understanding the people in the house and how does the situation improve?

7. What does Kivrin write in her Doomsday Book in Chapter 14?

8. What does Kivrin do to ensure she can find her pick up spot again and what is her first entry in her Doomsday Book?

9. What does Kivrin think in the confusion generated by her high fever?

10. What is Kivrin trying to do in chapter 6 but having a hard time with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting as far as place and time play critical role in Doomsday Book. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast several aspects of the 2 times where the action takes place--2054 and 1348. Consider things such as cultural norms/expectations, technology, religion and medicine.

2. How do you think Doomsday Book would change if Kivrin actually went to 1320? You need to research England at the time and see if there are any major differences. Consider if the plague were not an issue. What if she accidentally ended up in a racially different area such as the Orient or Africa?

3. What issues that are present in the 2054 time of Doomsday Book present today? What are no longer issues by 2054? Consider such things cultural norms/expectations, technology, religion, and medicine.

Essay Topic 2

Kivrin has begun to realize that many things that had been taken as fact aren't true at all. She notes that the weave of her clothing is too fine, unlike what's worn by everyone else in the household. The language is also much different than what she's been taught. She'll find many other discrepancies over the coming days, but it's noteworthy that the careful research does come to her aid in many situations. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think can account for the discrepancy between Kivrin's experiences and recorded history?

2. Who writes history? Are historical records in "real" life always accurate, mostly accurate, or slightly accurate? How can we know how accurate an historical record is?

3. What are some reasons history has been inadvertently recorded inaccurately? What are some reasons history has been recorded inaccurately intentionally?

4. Do you think it is ever justified to record an event inaccurately? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Dunworthy's mind is constantly on Kivrin, and he continues to reassure himself that she's capable of handling whatever situation arises. He recalls his own test trip through the net to a period just thirty years in the past from that time. There'd been a young man there who pulled offered directions to reach the destination, which he'd got to with time to spare. Dunworthy tells himself that there are young men with a map and a piece of advice in every time period. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think based upon Dunworthy's own first time travel experience which is only 30 years in the past, that Dunworthy is logical in thinking that there will be someone in 1348 to help Kivrin get to where she needs to be?

2. If one assumes that Gawyn is Kivrin's "young man," analyze how helpful he in helping Kivrin find her pick up site. Cite specific examples.

3. Is Dunworthy correct in his reasoning about Kivrin? Why or why not?

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