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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 decade does Jared say he is living in a time capsule in?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.

2. Shirin says the urge to know the future also came to Man through what?
(a) Farming.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Worshiping.
(d) Mating.

3. What is the name of the story Shirin tells Jared on the train to Stuttgart?
(a) The Imperial Freeze.
(b) The Imperial Chill.
(c) The Imperial Frost.
(d) The Imperial Ice.

4. Shirin draws a shape around her bricolage to represent what?
(a) A memory.
(b) An idea.
(c) A relocation.
(d) A border.

5. Who owns the shop where Charles buys Jared a fossil?
(a) Gustl Meyer.
(b) Eric Rossman.
(c) Mounir Gerth.
(d) Michael Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Shirin's bricolage, what item represents animism?

2. To what Roman Catholic order does Jared belong?

3. In Shirin's bricolage, what does the cartridge fuse represent?

4. What is the name of the teenage girl in Charles's party?

5. What shape does Shirin draw around her bricolage?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the May 20 entry, how does B explain the way he will teach Jared?

2. In what way do Takers see the world, according to B?

3. Why is Jared sent to Germany?

4. What does Charles tell Jared about the master's two sets of teaching?

5. Why does Shirin say she is B at the end of the May 23 entry?

6. How does B react when Jared says his superior is Lulfre?

7. Why does Jared become disturbed by the idea that some questions are dangerous?

8. What does B tell Jared about St. Paul?

9. How does Jared feel after he hears Charles give a lecture for the first time?

10. What does B mean when he says he wants to save the world?

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