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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 is Josella's opinion of the future?
2. What does Beadley encourage the group they can do?
3. What has Bill decided by the end of Chapter Two?
4. How did Josella avoid being blinded?
5. What does Josella admit she fears most in being alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. Explain why Bill feels a sense of relief at his new situation?
3. What clues does the narrator have that there is something wrong when he wakes in the hospital?
4. Explain Bill's response to the argument at the gate between the sighted and the blind.
5. What surprises Josella about her actions when she was captive?
6. Describe the different aspects of society Bill and Josella say goodbye to in Chapter Five.
7. Describe the walking style of a triffid.
8. Explain Vorless' opinion on the new role of men and women in society.
9. Describe the events of the night of May 7th, in terms of what the narrator notes is said to have occurred, according to history books.
10. What is revealed about the new use for sighted children and blind women in Chapter Three?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain Bill's belief about the end of civilization, based on his previous comments in the novel about the dangers of satellites and the hostility of the world, as well as his comments in Chapter Fifteen about the walking of the world on a tightrope. What do you think Bill means by this? What do you think he believes caused the end of civilization? What does he say he thinks caused the comet? What is Josella's response to his belief? Do you agree with his thoughts? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Light is used as a metaphor for hope, freedom, and security throughout the novel. In what ways does the author use this metaphor? How does he show what this symbol stands for? Choose one instance of the use of light as a symbol. Explain the situation. What are the characters doing? How is the symbol used? What is light symbolizing? Why did the author choose light as this symbol?
Essay Topic 3
The role of women drastically changes in the novel from pre-crisis to immediately following the crisis to long term. Explain this shift in roles. What were women prior to the event? How did that role change immediately following the comet? How did this again change when viewing long term goals of society? What is the new primary function of women in the new society? Does this differ greatly from the view of women prior to the catastrophe? In what way? Do you believe women could easily shift roles this way in reality? Why or why not?
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