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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. Distance: Why does God keep his distance from man?

2. The Cast: What is death in this afterlife?

3. Giantess: What does this afterlife focus on?

4. Mary: How does God feel about Mary?

5. Angst: What happens to humans after they die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Missing: How does God being a married couple become a problem in this afterlife?

2. Giantess: What happened as a result of the princely man's attempt to communicate with the Giantess?

3. The Unnatural: What do you choose in this afterlife that you believe will help the world?

4. Great Expectations: What doe people expect in this afterlife?

5. Oz: What does God say is the true measure of bravery?

6. Circle of Friends: This afterlife is populated by people who you felt were important enough to remember from your life. You never meet a stranger and you have the chance to renew old bonds and friendships. However, people are not happy here. Why?

7. The Cast: As you live your life, all of the people in the background of your life are actors. They are those in the afterlife who must play "roles" in your life. However, not every actor is happy being a character in your life. Why are they so dissatisfied?

8. Spirals: What do the creatures in this afterlife want from humans?

9. Angst: Why do the humans in this story dread returning to the afterlife?

10. Sum: In this afterlife all of your life experiences are grouped together. You can't experience something different until you have run through all of the experience in one chain. For example, you can't take a shower until you are in the shower experience period of the afterlife. Why would this make you long for your life on earth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reversal:

There is no afterlife in this story, but everyone gets a chance to live again. However, they find that the reality of who they were is often different than who they remembered themselves being.

1) Why do you think these people created myths about their lives the first time around?

2) Why might they be disappointed in their second chance at life?

3) Do you think the majority of people in the second life are happy or unhappy? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Prism:

In this afterlife people are able to split into different ages of their life at the same time, like light through a prism. However, they soon realize that their different ages do not have much in common. Why is this? How can a person who is 50 not understand the person they were at 15? What might have happened to make these two ages of the same person become essentially different people? If you were God, how would you solve the problem?

Essay Topic 3

Scales:

In this afterlife the reader finds that man is just part of the biology of God. Humans are basically the cells that make up God's organs. As they destroy themselves and others, they also destroy God.

How does the story of God and Man in this afterlife mirror the real life relationship between Man and the earth? Present three or four ways in which the earth (God) is being destroyed by Man's actions. Do you think the earth would be as wonderful as it is now if Man was not a part of it? Why or why not?

Do you agree with God's conclusion in this story: Everything creates itself upon the backs of smaller entities which will ultimately destroy the original entity.

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