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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. Where does Jared spend hours looking for ways to spell Michael's name?

2. What do doctors tell Jared happened to the theater?

3. What day of the week is June 8?

4. When does B say civil revolt, slavery, and inflation began?

5. What is the name of the drug in the book B reads about population?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jared flee the Company Farm?

2. Why does B believe the Agricultural Revolution caused problems for mankind?

3. Why does B argue with what people in the 1950s said about Man and his place in the scheme of things?

4. In B's metaphor about boiling a frog, when does he say the water begins to boil for Man?

5. What happens when Jared visits Lulfre after fleeing the Company Farm?

6. How does Jared reply when Albrecht sneeringly asks if he is now B when they think Shirin is dead?

7. What does B say caused the advent of Judaism, Brahmanism, Hinduism, Shintoism, and Buddhism?

8. How does B draw a parallel between Eastern and Western cultures?

9. What happens when Jared smashes his ammonite fossil?

10. Why does B say it is not necessary to change mankind to survive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Explore Jared's initial reaction when he hears Charles's lecture. What does he think of the message? Why does the lecture upset him? What does he seem to think of Charles?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the narrative of the novel. What techniques does Quinn use to tell his story? Why do you think he chooses different methods of telling his story? What purpose might this serve? How might the story be different if it was told in a traditional narrative format?

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