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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. In the book B reads about population, there is drug that increases what?

2. B says beginning in what year, the current generation has added a 10th voice to the chorus?

3. Is his June 8 entry, what time does Jared say he became homeless?

4. What day of the week is June 8?

5. What happens to the tape recording Jared made of a conversation with Lulfre?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jared speak directly to his reader in the epilogue?

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

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

5. Why does Jared flee the Company Farm?

6. Why is the date for the first entry in section three unknown?

7. Even though B says cultural collapse is occurring, what does he say the good news is?

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

9. Why does Jared rush to put B's teachings in his diary?

10. How does B say Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" caused a change in the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore Jared's wavering sense of faith in his religion throughout the novel. When does he begin to doubt his faith? When does he finally admit that he has lost it? What is the significance of Jared, a priest, losing his faith after hearing B speak? What point do you think he might be trying to make?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the way B and B's message are received by the public. How does Jared's church view him? How do the crowds view him? What criticisms do people have about B and the message? How does B respond to these criticisms? What is the significance of his response?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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