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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. How many expeditions have been to Area X, including the one in 01:Initiation?
3. Why does the biologist think it would be good to talk to the psychologist before going back into the tower?
4. What does the anthropologist leave behind when she leaves in Integration?
5. How does the tunnel change as they get lower?
Short Essay Questions
1. What commonalities did the narrator notice when looking through interview materials from the participants of the 11th expedition?
2. How does the narrator react when she first realizes that the psychologist is issuing a hypnotic command to which she is immune?
3. What is the mission of the 12th expedition into Area X?
4. What is the moaning sound that the expedition hears in Area X?
5. What does the biologist notice first about the tunnel the second time she enters it?
6. Why are the members of the expedition told not to share their journals with one another?
7. Why did the members of the 12th expedition not know about the Tower/Tunnel ahead of time?
8. How does the biologist feel when members of the Southern Reach come for her husband after he returned from Area X?
9. What are the members of the 12th expedition told to do with their journals?
10. How does the psychologist explain the absence of the anthropologist in 02: Integration?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator of this text is the Biologist. Write an essay analyzing the pros and cons of Vandermeer's choice to write the text from the first person point of view. Be sure to address the reliability of the narrator.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the symbol of the Crawler. What does it represent to the biologist as well as its meaning within the text?
Essay Topic 3
Is this a feminist text? Analyze specific details in the text to help you support your thesis. Be sure to include the definition of feminist and include a feminist critique of the novel.
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