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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. Where did the weather man get his information for his report?

2. What does increased lightning do?

3. What was the disease called that was transmitted by eating the brains of enemies?

4. What are the two things that count?

5. What is worse than being decapitated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are present day scientists like Renaissance painters?

2. Why wasn't Professor Hoffman welcome at the conference?

3. How did Evans determine where the thing that the detective wanted to give him was located?

4. Why was the frustration Drake evinced perfectly understandable?

5. How did Morton fake his own death?

6. Why was Ted Bradley turned on by Jennifer Haynes?

7. What is so miraculous about Aspirin?

8. Why does Drake hate the cause he fights for?

9. What did the studies on scientific bias find?

10. What is the purpose of Hoffman's research?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is beauty emphasized in the novel? Is this true of social standards? What aspects of human nature does beauty cater to? What aspect of human fallibility does the beauty industry cater to? Why? How?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the lack of romance in this novel. What do you think is the most likely reason that Crichton doesn't use romance in the novel? How do you think romance is portrayed by the author? How does Evans seem to be when he admits his love for Sarah? Why do you think she doesn't want to reciprocate?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Evans and Drake. What kind of characters are they? What kind of people would they be if they existed in real life? How do their personalities contrast each other? How could they compliment each other?

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