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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 is Olivia's mother in the narrative?

2. What town has the Traveling Symphony recently left in Section 2, Chapter 7?

3. What is the profession of Dr. Eleven in the comics that Kirsten reads?

4. Where is Miranda when she receives the call about Arthur's death in Section 1, Chapter 5?

5. What is the title of Section 4 of Station Eleven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What setting is established in Section 1, Chapter 2? What is the timeline of this chapter?

2. How is Jeevan’s narrative impacted by the outbreak of the Georgia Flu? What might Jeevan have become if the pandemic had not occurred?

3. How would you describe Miranda when her character is introduced in Section 3, Chapter 14? What is Miranda’s relationship to Arthur?

4. What is significant about the Traveling Symphony’s search for Charlie in Section 2, Chapter 10?

5. How would you compare the characters of Kirsten and the prophet in the novel?

6. How is Arthur’s death related to the Georgia Flu pandemic in the novel?

7. How does Kirsten perceive Alexandra? Why is this significant?

8. Who is being interviewed in Section 3, Chapter 16? Why is this character being interviewed?

9. What are Sayid and Dieter doing when they disappear in Section 4? What do you think their disappearance signifies?

10. What setting is established in the opening of Section 3, Chapter 17? In what time period does this chapter take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the recurring motif of airplanes in Station Eleven. What is the significance of airplanes, air travel, and airports? Who has a scar that resembles and airplane and what do you think this foretells? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Kirsten remarks in her interview with Diallo that cult settlements are more dangerous than settlements where lawlessness reigns. Why does she feel this way? What cults are exposed in the narrative and how did they originate? Why do you think they are so prevalent?

Essay Topic 3

During their journey, August talks to Kirsten about the multi-verse theory, or M-Theory. What does M-Theory entail? Who hypothesized the theory? How does the multi-verse theory apply to the narrative of Station Eleven?

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