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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. With which of the following does Chapter 1 of "Mirella and Vincent / file corruption" begin?

2. On which of the following is Olive a best-selling author?

3. When does Olive’s husband typically end work?

4. To which of the following years does Gaspery ask to travel?

5. What appears on Olive’s daughter’s pajamas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gaspery finds the source of a quotation from Olive’s novel while in prison. What is the source?

2. How does Gaspery know he will encounter Vincent in New York City?

3. What favor does Gaspery ask of Ephrem when the Time Institute acts against him?

4. What objections to forest sounds does Gaspery note?

5. What prompts Gaspery to undergo facial reconstruction?

6. For what reason does Gaspery realize offenders against the Time Institute are lost in time?

7. What reason for the popularity of postapocalyptic literature does Olive arrive at?

8. Ultimately, at what response to the simulation hypothesis does Gaspery arrive?

9. What admonition does Gaspery leave with Edwin about disclosing information regarding the anomaly?

10. For what reason does Gaspery note some regret at preserving Olive’s life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, there are issues of differing formatting throughout the text. What function do the shifts in the text’s formatting serve, and how do those functions become clear?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel suggest are the appropriate attitude and behavior with which to greet and interact with creators of beloved works? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it make the suggestion?

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