Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does "DISH" stand for in the discussion between Frock, D'Agosta, and Brambell?
2. What is the nickname given for the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?
3. What is Pendergast's place of residence called?
4. What show does Brambell pass through to exit the Museum?
5. What is D'Agosta's theory about the murders in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of influence do you think a woman like Mrs. Wisher would likely have on the political climate? Does she show that she is willing to use that influence to force matters in the direction she wants them to go? What gives you that indication?
2. What seems to be the reason that the unknown character in Chapter 8 holds the Ceremony?
3. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?
4. Police work seems to involve a lot of political jostling and brown-nosing. How is that concept illustrated in Chapter 11?
5. Waxie is a misogynist. What does his presence add to the story, and how does that contribute to the overall storyline?
6. When Mephisto gives Smithback the nickname "scriblerian," what does he imply?
7. What does Pendergast reveal about Hayward? How does Hayward feel about this revelation? How does D'Agosta feel about this revelation?
8. Do you think Chief Horlocker's decision to make sure that the case is given priority because a debutante is based upon social standing, given that homeless men and women have died in the same way for weeks? Why or why not?
9. What is ironic about using the muse of rhetoric, Polyhymnia, to name an ornate club in Chapter 10? Does its patronage seem to have anything to do with it?
10. What is the history of Mbwun, and why is it assumed that these killings might relate to the events surrounding this creature?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though Dr. Brambell and Dr. Frock disagree often, they do agree on one thing: the skeletons show obvious signs of teeth marks. Compare/contrast their first theories on the teeth marks in the bone, how they got there, and what type of animal might have left them. What do you think is the true source of their contention?
Essay Topic 2
The end of the book is not truly an end. Though the reader gives some hint of resolution, there are still open questions. Why do you think the author did this?
Essay Topic 3
Margo briefly explains the importance of ceremony in anthropological terms. The Wrinklers perform a ceremony with their shaman and their drug. What does ceremony mean to a populace? What need does it satisfy in man? Apply those theories to the ceremony performed by the Wrinklers. What is similar? What is different? What seems to be the base purpose for the Wrinklers' ceremony?
|
This section contains 926 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
