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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. What does the narrator note occurred on May 7th?
2. What is one theory of how the triffids appeared?
3. What does the sighted leader of blind drunks take from the streets and give to one of the men?
4. Why did Josella move home following her success?
5. What does Umberto Christofoto Palanguez bring to the Arctic & European Fish Oil Company?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the circumstances that resulted in Bill's hospitalization.
2. Describe why Bill finds it difficult at first to break the law, even for food.
3. Give a brief explanation of the various speculations pertaining to the coming of the triffids.
4. Describe the argument between the sighted leader of the blind at the gates of University Tower and the sighted leaders of the sighted colony at the university.
5. Do you think the narrator is right to leave the blind group in the lobby of the hospital, knowing they cannot see to get out?
6. Explain Bill's response to the argument at the gate between the sighted and the blind.
7. Explain the argument of Beadley that the world is better off after the comet than it was before.
8. Describe the different aspects of society Bill and Josella say goodbye to in Chapter Five.
9. Explain Vorless' opinion on the new role of men and women in society.
10. Explain why Bill feels a sense of relief at his new situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are several incidents of suicide in the novel. Choose from one of the following and describe, in detail, the circumstances behind the suicide, and your thoughts on the person's act. Were they smart to end their lives or was the act cowardly? What were their alternatives? What would you have done in their positions?
• The landlord of the tavern in Chapter One.
• The couple in Chapter Five.
• The young woman in Chapter Eight.
Essay Topic 2
The Emergency Council of Britain proposes to establish military rule over the colonies of England and to force them into servitude for the masses. In short, the able are tasked to care for the disabled, even at the risk of their own health and welfare. Such a concept is somewhat socialistic in nature. Do you think such a plan is feasible or fair? Why or why not? Do you think Bill's farm could support so many individuals? Why or why not? Do you think the Emergency Council's concept that they need to be ready for other nations to attempt to over run England is realistic? Why? Why does Wyndham include such ideas at the end of the novel? What does the Emergency Council likely represent?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter One, Bill is forced to use his sense of hearing as a replacement for his sense of sight. He experiences sounds that lead him to believe something is wrong, both in the hospital and in the world outside his door. Explain how the narrator uses sounds to discern this about his environment. What sounds are concerning to him? Why? What sounds does he listen for that indicate normalcy, and what does he discern when those sounds are not present? Does his emotional state rely on his sense of hearing? Why? What does this say about hearing as a replacement for sight? Why?
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