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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 Lady Claire say of Chris to Sir Oliver?

2. What is Doniger's response about Stern's question concerning time paradox?

3. How does Gordon answer most of Stern's questions?

4. Why are Marek and Chris arrested?

5. What does Chris learn when they enter a suite of rooms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Doniger in the end?

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

3. How does Chris take the traveling?

4. What does the maid explain to Chris about Lady Claire?

5. What horrifies Kate about the entire travel concept?

6. What does Marek notice about the doors as they descend, and what does Gordon explain about them?

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

8. What kind of clothing are the travelers given?

9. How does Kate's state of mind change, and what does that help her to do?

10. Why might a return show up before someone even leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Books may have a character-driven plot, and action-drive plot, or a balance the two. Discuss the following:

a. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven? Action driven?

b. How do you think a plot differs if it is character-driven versus action-driven?

c. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

d. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not?

e. What type of plot do you think Timeline is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

The individuals who appear in the 14th Century are Kate, Chris, and Marek from another universe. They are nearly identical people, but they are not the same. The friends Stern knows have been irrevocably destroyed. The Professor, unaware of this technical detail, somehow seems to sense that he is not where he belongs. His comment about Marek living in a world not his own can be linked to a subconscious instinct that he, too, is out of his element.

a. How do you think Kate, Chris and Marek feel about being alive in a universe different from their own?

b. Do you think if you were in Stern’s position you would feel awkward around Chris, Kate and Marek? Why or why not?

c. Do you think the Professor is correct about his ideas concerning Marek? Why or why not?

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