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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. Who does Jared fax every day?

2. What kind of car does Shirin drive?

3. Who finds Charles dead?

4. What does Shirin relate to a flowing river?

5. Who says, "I am B," in Jared's May 23 diary entry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does B tell Jared about the Tak?

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

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

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. Why is Jared sent to Germany?

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

10. Describe the bricolage that Shirin makes for Jared as they walk through the park?

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

Discuss Jared's transformation into B. How does it take place? What reaction does he receive from others who can sense he will soon become B? Why do you think the author chooses to make Jared become B?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of the Great Forgetting and the Great Remembering. What are these instances? What does B believe needs to happen regarding these concepts? How do these concepts relate to B's desire to save the world? What is he trying to undo?

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