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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's portrait is behind the bar at the Hotel El Dorado?
2. What bloodsucking animal, found on the Island of Santa Rosalia, survive by pecking at the long neck of an unheeding booby until it has raised little beads of blood?
3. What happened to Adolf's parents?
4. What is the name of the archipelago of volcanic peaks due west of Guayaquil?
5. Who has claimed to have been exposed to radiation when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do blue-footed boobies dance the way they do in courtship?
2. Compare and contrast the Galapagos Islands back in 1986 A.D. to a million years later.
3. Describe the city of Guayaquil as it is described in Chapter 1.
4. Describe the Hotel El Dorado.
5. Compare and contrast the Bahia De Darwin to the Beagle.
6. Why does Kazakh never bark or play with other dogs?
7. In what way is Mary Hepburn "Mother Nature Personified?"
8. In Chapter 3, how is Charles Darwin described?
9. What is Mandarax? Who created it? How many Mandarax were made? What is its function?
10. Give two theories that are discussed for how animals arrived on the Galapagos Islands.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the need for human companionship as seen in the novel. To what extent do the characters need one another? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
An important theme to the novel is that "human perception creates and perpetrates suffering." Use specific reasons and examples from the text that support this theme.
Essay Topic 3
The portrait of Charles Darwin hangs behind the bar in the Hotel El Dorado. Why do you think Charles Darwin is such an important figure to the characters in the novel? In your opinion, do you think Charles Darwin should be seen as an idol? Explain.
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