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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. What refers to the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time?
2. Charles is how old at the start of Chapter 25?
3. Where does the groove in the side of the book open to in Chapter 28?
4. Charles's father is how old at the start of Chapter 25?
5. The excerpt "conjectures, currently unproven but believed to be true" posits that a moment has measurable substance, there are fine numbers of moments, there is no global time, and ______ is a theory of regret and limitations.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is metaphorical about Charles's and his father's discovery about time travel in Chapter 22?
2. Why much Charles refocus his efforts in Chapter 27?
3. What is metaphorical about Charles's transcription of the book in Chapter 16?
4. What is symbolic about the scene in Chapter 25 with Charles and his father?
5. How does Charles describe his frame of mind in Chapters 20 and 21?
6. What is symbolized by Charles's father's second machine described in Chapter 26?
7. What happens when Charles's father begins to demonstrate the machine in Chapter 25? What is his reaction?
8. How is the theme of memory embodied in Chapter 16?
9. What is symbolized when Charles watches his mother's reaction in Chapter 23?
10. What is described in the excerpt "residual objects in closed time-like curves"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character development of Charles in the narrative and his actions in Chapters 18 and 19. Why does Charles choose to go to the end of the book and what happens when he does?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the character of the narrator's father in the story, and then discuss the theme of psychology in the novel. How is time travel similar to self-analysis?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the setting of Loop City in the narrative. How does Loop City reflect the cities of our world today?
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