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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. Who does Arnaut chase for a showdown?

2. What does Doniger want a security officer to do to cover the death of Traub?

3. What does Tsosie order the nurse to do concerning the new patient?

4. Where has a new discovery been made at the site?

5. What does Louise Delvert question about the excavation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indications are there that ITC's luck with quantum research has failed?

2. What does Kramer pressure the Professor to do?

3. What does Dan notice about the old man's body when Dan lifts him into the car?

4. What alarms the Professor about the ITC's dealings concerning the Dordogne Site?

5. What is Marek like as a medieval historian?

6. What does ITC require in order to accomplish its goals?

7. What does Marek explain about the proton magnetometer?

8. Who is Arnaut de Cervole, and what is he known for doing?

9. What does the MRI on Traub reveal?

10. Who helps Sir Oliver defend La Roque and what is said about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

a. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Timeline? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

b. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Timeline including why you believe it is foreshadowing.

c. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Timeline and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

The American brokers' ignorance grates on Marek, who believes "the modern world was invented in the Middle Ages. Everything from the legal system, to nation-states, to reliance on technology, to the concept of romantic love had first been established in medieval times. These stockbrokers owed the very notion of a market economy to the Middle Ages."

a. Compare the legal systems in place today in modern America to the system shown in Timeline.

b. Discuss the ways in which the feudal system relates to the system of nations that exist today.

c. Do you think the stockbrokers would be better at their jobs if they knew more of the historyof the market economy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

a. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Timeline. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Crichton chooses the symbols he does?

b. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Crichton chooses the metaphors he does?

c. Discuss Crichton's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Crichton use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

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