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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. How does the narrator feel when she sees the psychologist use hypnosis?

2. What is the first thing that the biologist notices when she enters the tower the second time?

3. How many people are in the 12th expedition originally?

4. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she will wait at base camp?

5. What does the anthropologist leave behind when she leaves in Integration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the psychologist get the biologist and the surveyor to go into the tunnel without her In Integration?

2. What hypnotic commands does the psychologist give the team on the evening after they first explore the tower?

3. What do the surveyor and biologist realize when they exit the tunnel in 02: Integration?

4. How does the surveyor respond when the biologist asks whether she can perceive the tower breathing?

5. What do the biologist and the surveyor discover when they wake up at the beginning of 02: Integration?

6. Why did the members of the 12th expedition not know about the Tower/Tunnel ahead of time?

7. How do the members of the expedition celebrate after their first exploration of the structure made from coquina and stone?

8. What does the anthropologist's body look like when the biologist finds her in the tunnel?

9. How does the narrator react when she first realizes that the psychologist is issuing a hypnotic command to which she is immune?

10. What are the members of the 12th expedition told to do with their journals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role of the biologist's husband in the text. Why would Vandermeer include him in the text? What does he reveal about the character(s) and how does he move the plot forward?

Essay Topic 2

Vandermeer uses strong sensory details throughout the text. He is especially prone to using vivid color descriptions. Write an essay analyzing Vandermeer's use of color in the text. Describe when it appears and analyze its impact on the tone of the novel and the development of the characters.

Essay Topic 3

At the conclusion of the novel, the biologist decides to follow her husband's footsteps, explaining that she does not need to find him but that she does need "to see what he saw" (194). How is this scene representative of their marriage?

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