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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Beatrice's reflection on Riggs?
(a) He is a good leader.
(b) He is resourceful.
(c) He is easily influenced.
(d) He lacks adaptability.

2. What does Kerans see in his dream while looking at the lagoon?
(a) Giant tornado storms, big insects, and fires.
(b) Swirling clouds of gas, eels and snakes, and big roaring lizards.
(c) Gun fire, people fighting, warfare.
(d) All of his friends are celebrating.

3. What natural phenomenon does Kerans observe below from his balcony?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Sandstorms.
(d) Eruptions.

4. Why does Bodkin raise the temperature in Hardman's room?
(a) To replicate a Triassic climate.
(b) To alleviate insomnia.
(c) To conduct an experiment.
(d) To induce nightmares.

5. Who tells Kerans about the plans for departure?
(a) Bodkin.
(b) Macready.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Riggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the location where Kerans lives?

2. What is the condition in Beatrice's quarters when Kerans visits her?

3. What is the name of the man who watches the sun rise in Chapter 1?

4. What is Kerans' observation about the world in the early morning light?

5. Who does Kerans inform about the voices of the iguanas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kerans escape the caiman and reach Beatrice's doorstep?

2. Can you describe the “flooded city” in the novel?

3. Who is the main character in The Drowned World and how would you describe them?

4. Which character is shot and injured by Hardman and how did it happen?

5. How is the earth portrayed differently in this book?

6. Who suddenly disappears and why?

7. What does Kerans deduce about the men using alligators as "watchdogs"?

8. How does Kerans perceive the changing environment and the impending submergence of the city?

9. What does the conversation between Riggs and Kerans reveal about their roles and concerns in this changing world?

10. Who yells out of the door of a helicopter to Beatrice and Kerans and what does he say?

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