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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 item of Dr. Whittlesey's was found in the creature's lair?
2. What starts the panic inside the Superstition Exhibition in Chapter 44?
3. What does D'Agosta tell Coffey is his reason for leaving the Hall of the Heavens in Chapter 49?
4. What does Smithback see in Rickman's desk drawer that prompts him to sign the provisions?
5. Who is Spencer Coffey?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Margo instruct Pendergast to shoot the creature? For what reason?
2. For what reason does Dr. Frock and Margo believe the creature kills?
3. What is Dr. Frock's theory on the killer in the museum as he explains it to Pendergast in Chapter 29?
4. Why did Pendergast's initial shots against the creature fail to kill it?
5. What contract does Smithback show off four weeks after the creature is killed? With whom does Smithback promise to share any proceeds from the contract?
6. What is Wright's major concern as he waits for rescue in his fourth floor office? What does this say about his character?
7. Why do Margo and Pendergast go into the secure area and take some of the packing material from Whittlesey's shipping crate in Chapter 52?
8. What does Smithback learn about the cargo shipped from the Amazon by Whittlesey before his disappearance in Chapter 27? Why is this significant?
9. Why does Dr. Frock attempt to make all the party guests leave the museum in Chapter 43? Is he successful?
10. What happens when the creature comes into Dr. Wright's office in Chapter 56?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following in detail. including examples from the novel:
1) Metaphor
2) Symbolism
3) Simile
4) Object
Essay Topic 2
There is a large amount of competition in the academic world. Discuss the competition seen in this novel. What kind of competition is involved? Who competes against who? What does Dr. Frock have to say about the competition he finds himself in? Is Margo competing with someone in this novel? If so, in what way and for what reason? What would the academic world be like without competition? How does this competition form and destroy reputations? How important is this competition to the careers of academicians?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the creature. Why does the creature kill? What is it seeking from the people it kills? How did the creature fulfill this desire before coming to New York? How did the creature meet its requirements before traveling out of the Amazon? What happened to this source of nourishment? Why did the ship carrying the creature to New York stop in New Orleans? Who investigated this mysterious situation in New Orleans? How does that relate to the events described in this novel? How did the creature keep its existence hidden for more than five years in the Museum of Natural History? What changed and forced the creature to make its presence known?
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