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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. To what area of the woods do Chris and David go?

2. What does Kramer push the Professor to agree to do?

3. What does Johnston always insist Chris do?

4. What interrupts dinner in a nearby village the second night that Kate's friends are there?

5. What does the proton magnetometer do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stern respond to Marek's inquiries about the helicopter surveillance?

2. Why do the workers have to wear filter masks at the digging site?

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

4. What do the orderlies notice about the old man's shirt?

5. What small problem does Francois Bellin mention to the Professor?

6. Who is Katherine Erickson, and what is her job at the Dordogne site?

7. What do scientists believe at the end of the 19th Century?

8. What is Marek like as a medieval historian?

9. What does Marek explain about the proton magnetometer?

10. What does Doniger order Gordon to have a security officer do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

a. Compare/contrast the characters of Marek and Chris. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

b. Compare/contrast the characters of Kate and Lady Claire. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

c. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Timeline help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes Timeline interesting. Discuss the following:

a. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Marek. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

b. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Kate. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

c. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Chris. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

d. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Professor Johnston. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

e. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Doniger. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

f. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Lady Claire. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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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