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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 does Bill go at the end of Chapter Twelve?
2. What does Bill notice about his hands?
3. What does Bill eventually see in the darkness?
4. Why can Mary not be moved?
5. Who does the young woman in Beaminster believe is coming to save them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what Coker wants of the new sighted captives.
2. Describe how Joyce became poisoned and how she was saved.
3. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.
4. Describe how Bill finds Josella.
5. Explain Bill's argument that an immediate need for harvest is not necessary.
6. Describe the three people Bill and Coker meet in Beaminster.
7. Explain some of the mishaps that befall Bill as he journey's to find Josella.
8. Describe Shirning Farm.
9. Describe how Bill first discovers the plague, its symptoms, and its result.
10. Explain why the young woman comes to Bill in his room in Chapter Eight, and his reaction.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, there is a consistent struggle between doing what is morally right and doing what is necessary for survival. Choose one representation of this struggle from the following list and explain it in detail. What is the conflict? Why is there a conflict? How is one path more morally right than the other? Can the moral path not lead to survival in some way and the survival path not be made moralistically right? Why or why not? Be sure to be specific in relating the struggle back to the novel.
• Married men at University Tower being forced to mate and care for two blind women, as well.
• The forced care of ten blind persons by one sighted person as dictated by the Emergency Council.
• The choice of saving the blind at Tynsham even at the expense of the sighted.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
There are many situations in the novel that point out the human need for love and companionship. Bill and Josella become very close in a short time; a young woman offers herself to Bill because she fears he is lonely and thus will leave; Coker joins Bill; and Bill and the others constantly seek a community life. Why do humans in the novel constantly seek others? Do you think humans have an innate need for companionship? Why or why not? How is this shown in the novel? What do you think the author was trying to say about the communities of humans and the need for society and social order? Do you agree or disagree with his thoughts?
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