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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 time is it when Jared begins his May 20 journal entry?

2. What university does Jared attend before he is loaned out?

3. What kind of car does Shirin drive?

4. What kind of shoes does Shirin always wear?

5. What color are the cushions of the chair Jared sits in at the greenroom at the Schauspiel Wahnfried theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Shirin asks Jared what Lulfre will do if he decides B is the Antichrist?

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

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

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

5. What does B say to Jared about the lunacy within individual cultures?

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

7. What does Jared find a crowd doing the second time he goes to hear Charles speak?

8. How does Jared answer when Shirin asks him why he has come to see B and his lectures?

9. What do the pieces in Shirin's bricolage represent?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the significance of Jared's confrontation with Lulfre after leaving the Company Farm. How does their confrontation unfold? What is his reasoning for confronting him? What does the confrontation say about Jared at this point in the novel? What it say about the character of Lulfre?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Charles's murder? How does it move the plot along? What does it reveal about the other characters? Why do you think Quinn chose to kill of Charles?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the significance of the bricolage Shirin uses to teach Jared. What is the basic concept of Shirin's bricolage? Why does she construct it? How does she plan to use it to teach Jared? Discuss the role of each part of the bricolage.

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