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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 is going to help Bisesa?

2. Who is undoubtedly at the head of the assault?

3. What does Eumenes do?

4. What does Josh name the entities behind the eyes?

5. What are bell wethers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the punishment for Kolya's leak of information and how is this not supposed to be a fate worse than death?

2. Why does Josh attempt to comfort Bisesa? What is he willing to do?

3. How does Bisesa believe that causality has broken down?

4. How does the lack of people in the city of Babylon unnerve everyone who enters the city?

5. What does Kolya explain and what is the Mongol's reaction?

6. What is Bisesa's fear and who echoes it?

7. What is Josh's idea regarding the animal kingdom of Mir?

8. What things does Bisesa retrieve from the Little Bird?

9. Why does Alexander want to parlay?

10. What does the Firstborn intend to do and why? What is the objective of the Discontinuity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The consciousness of the man apes forever expands following the examination of their bodies. Explain what could lead to this leap in cranial activity. Could the same thing be possible of primates of our time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the pros and cons to time travel. What could be some massive problems associated with time travel? What issues might arise upon return? How could it be possible to travel through time and not leave a change in the causality?

Essay Topic 3

What things would serve an individual the most being brought through time? Why? What kinds of problems does this book illustrate with one-way time travel?

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