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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 annoys Chris at dinner in Sarlat?
2. What does Stern find with the view from the helicopter?
3. Who is Edwardus de Johnes?
4. Why do the orderlies strap the man down at the hospital?
5. Where in Europe is a reporter nosing into ITC projects?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Katherine Erickson, and what is her job at the Dordogne site?
2. How does Chris behave at dinner with the others in Sarlat?
3. What does Dan Baker want to do when traveling on a poor, rutted road in Arizona and how does that differ from his wife's desires?
4. What do scientists believe at the end of the 19th Century?
5. What is Chris' specialty in graduate school?
6. What does the Professor believe ITC has done concerning the Dordogne site?
7. What is Marek like as a medieval historian?
8. How do Chris and Stern inadvertently find a tower foundation, and how does Chris react?
9. What is the quintain, and what is its purpose?
10. What do the orderlies notice about the old man's shirt?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
a. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
b. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Timeline, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
c. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Timeline. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
a. Fully explain why you think Timeline is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
b. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
c. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
d. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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