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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 Coker explain is Bill's new job?
2. What wakes Bill at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
3. What does Bill discover has happened at Tynsham?
4. Why does Bill argue Coker would be better with Beadley group?
5. What happened to Susan's friend?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what Coker wants of the new sighted captives.
2. Describe Miss Durrant's views, and her Tynsham community.
3. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.
4. Explain Bill's argument that an immediate need for harvest is not necessary.
5. Describe the scene with the man in the inn at Steeple Honey.
6. Explain how Coker meets with Bill again.
7. What was Coker's response to Miss Durrant's chastising of his brutal methods at University Tower?
8. Explain how Susan comes to travel with Bill.
9. Explain Josella's fears about her wedding.
10. Explain what Bill finds at Tynsham.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There is a constant theme in the novel that even the best intentions can result in horrific results. Choose one example of this from the following list. Explain what happened in the situation, what the original intention was, why the result occurred, what could have been done to avoid the result, and whether or not the original intention was good, despite the results.
• Coker's kidnapping of sighted individuals to care for the blind.
• Miss Durrant's solid Christian foundation for her community.
• The University Tower's choice to turn away Coker and his followers.
• The Emergency Council's forced communities.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
In the book, many of the characters appear to come from the upper class, such as Josella, while others, such as Coker, seem to come from a more meager background. How do you think this separation of class affects the different societies that emerge within the novel? Do you think social class has any bearing in this new world? If so, what? If not, what does have bearing? Do the leaders of the communities appear to be of a certain social class? Has the crisis changed the social order and, if so, how? What are the new credentials for success? What were the old credentials? What does this say about our society in comparison to the society within the novel?
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