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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. Shirin says the urge to know the future also came to Man through what?

2. What is the name for people who see the gods as the strange force that animates a place?

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

4. What is Jared's occupation?

5. What is Lulfre's first name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the point of the story of the Imperial Chill, as Jared understands it from B's lecture?

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

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

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

7. Why is Jared sent to Germany?

8. What is the story of the Imperial Chill that Shirin tells Jared?

9. What happens when B and Jared visit "Meyer-Uberbleibselen" together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore Jared's sense of dedication to Charles. Why do you think he allows Charles to become his teacher? What is the significance of the fact that Jared lies to Lulfre about his dealings with Charles? What do you think this says about Jared? What might it say about Charles?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explore Shirin's views on the concept of nature. Where does Shirin believe the concept of nature came from? How does the concept of nature forming relate to the Agricultural Revolution? What does Shirin believe about humans and nature?

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