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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. What day of the week is June 8?

2. Where does B give the lecture, "Population: A Systems Approach"?

3. The recovery center where Jared goes after he leaves the hospital is in what country?

4. Who does Jared entrust with a tape recording of a conversation with Lulfre?

5. When does B say crime emerged as a problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Jared flee the Company Farm?

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

8. What is The Great Forgetting?

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

10. In what manner does B teach about population?

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

Explore Shirin's role as B. How does she become B? Why do you think she takes over? How does her version of B differ from Charles's? How does it stay the same? What seems to be her function in the narrative?

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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