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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 is the first lecture Jared faxes to Lulfre?
2. What is the crowd of picketers calling Charles at the second lecture Jared attends?
3. Shirin says revealed religions are perceived to be at odds with what?
4. How does Charles die?
5. In Shirin's bricolage, what does the cartridge fuse represent?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way do Takers see the world, according to B?
2. What does B say happened when mankind became hunters?
3. What does B say to Jared about the lunacy within individual cultures?
4. What point is Charles trying to make by mentioning the novel "Monkey"?
5. What is the story of the Imperial Chill that Shirin tells Jared?
6. What does B tell Jared about the Tak?
7. Why does Jared think he made a mistake after hearing Charles give a lecture for the first time?
8. What is the tale of the weavers that B tells?
9. How does Jared feel after he hears Charles give a lecture for the first time?
10. What happens when Shirin asks Jared what Lulfre will do if he decides B is the Antichrist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look at the way the novel uses foreshadowing. List three instances in which foreshadowing is used and explain their significance to the rest of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Explore Jared's wavering sense of faith in his religion throughout the novel. When does he begin to doubt his faith? When does he finally admit that he has lost it? What is the significance of Jared, a priest, losing his faith after hearing B speak? What point do you think he might be trying to make?
Essay Topic 3
Explore Shirin's role as B. How does she become B? Why do you think she takes over? How does her version of B differ from Charles's? How does it stay the same? What seems to be her function in the narrative?
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