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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 does Marek tell Chris to do in the match?

2. What event is happening in Castelgard on the day the Yale team will arrive?

3. What concept does Stern explain to the group as they are traveling to ITC headquarters?

4. What does not surprise Marek about Stern?

5. For what are the three red paper cubes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver ask the Professor, who is known as the magister, to make?

2. What does Gordon explain about the nav button Sue Gomez carries?

3. What surprises Chris about his bath?

4. How does Chris take the traveling?

5. What does Gordon explain to David about the reconstitution of the travelers?

6. How long will it take to get the transit room cleared out enough to rebuild?

7. What does the Professor whisper to Kate and Marek the minute he sees them?

8. What does Diane Kramer prohibit Victor from doing, and what is his response?

9. How does Marek react to Chris and David's decisions not to go on the mission?

10. How does Doniger explain the Professor's absence?

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

Discuss the following:

a. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

b. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Timeline and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Timeline is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

c. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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