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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. On what day does Jared conclude that a disaster happened at the theater?

2. B believes cultures should be what?

3. In what year does the book "Silent Spring" come out?

4. What does B say is the origin of the world's population explosion?

5. At what theater does B give his lecture, "The Collapse of Values"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does B say about individual cultures and their place in the scheme of things?

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

3. Why does B say an increase in food production will not help the millions that are starving in the world?

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

5. Why does Jared flee the Company Farm?

6. How does Jared lose the tapes he had recorded of B's lectures?

7. How are Charles, Shirin, and Jared all B?

8. How does B draw a comparison between a frog and Man?

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

10. How does Albrecht react when Jared says war is an accomplishment of the modern culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explore the use of the Antichrist in the novel. What is the Antichrist? What role does the Antichrist play in the novel? What is the significance of this concept? What point do you think the author is trying to make through the presence of the Antichrist in the novel?

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