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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 Bonnie believe ordered Charles's death?

2. What is the name of the story Charles tells Jared the first time they meet?

3. Who brought Christianity to the Romans, according to a conversation between Shirin and Jared?

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

5. What shape does Shirin draw around her bricolage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way do Takers see the world, according to B?

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

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

7. What does B tell Jared about the Tak?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does B feel about overpopulation? What does he think causes it? Why does he see it as a problem? What is his solution for it? How do B's views on overpopulation relate to his overall message?

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 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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