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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 color is the bergere where Charles sits in at the greenroom at the Schauspiel Wahnfried theater?

2. How does Charles die?

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

4. Who calls Jared on the phone on the morning of May 21?

5. What is Jared's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What point is Charles trying to make by mentioning the novel "Monkey"?

4. Why does Jared think he made a mistake after hearing Charles give a lecture for the first time?

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

6. Describe the anonymous phone call Jared receives at his hotel room after he hears Charles give a lecture for the first time.

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

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

9. Why does Shirin, now B, cry to Jared in the May 24 (2 a.m.) entry?

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

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 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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