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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. Albrecht tells Jared he needs to remove the obscuring lenses of what?

2. In what city does B give the lecture, "The Great Forgetting"?

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

4. Who asks Jared if he is B now?

5. According to B's lecture, "The Great Forgetting," who is the author of "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In B's metaphor about boiling a frog, when does he say the water first begins to heat up for Man?

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

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

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

5. How does B explain how population increased since Homo sapiens first appeared on the earth?

6. In what manner does B teach about population?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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