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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 Kerans do when Hardman departs?

2. How does Kerans feel about his brush with death in Chapter 9?

3. What irritates Strangman during the diving expedition?

4. How do Kerans, Beatrice, and Bodkin treat the incident in Chapter 9 afterward?

5. What issue does Kerans argue with Riggs about in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kerans see in the old planetarium?

2. What does Strangman give Beatrice?

3. How does Kerans react when he realizes the water level in the lagoon is decreasing?

4. Who is carrying a bomb at the dinner party and what happens?

5. What is Riggs' justification for not arresting Strangman and his plan for the lagoons?

6. How does Kerans perceive Strangman and what unsettles him about him?

7. What does Kerans notice about Strangman's skin?

8. What does Kerans do after the explosion and what does he say to Beatrice?

9. What brings Strangman to the lagoon and why does he invite Kerans to dinner?

10. How does Kerans manage to escape from being pinned below the inverted throne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one of the main characters and write an essay showing how they have changed over the course of the book. What led to their changes? Why did they change the way they did?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the symbolism of animals in The Drowned World. How do the animals, both extinct and mutated, contribute to the overall meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

How does The Drowned World critique modern society's disregard for the environment? How does the book suggest we should respond to climate change?

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