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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 a passenger on a 747 returning to the United States from the Middle East?

2. When it appears that Armageddon may happen after all, Arizaphale picks up the discarded sword. How long has it been since Arizaphale last held a sword?

3. How do the Four Horsemen get past the guards and onto the base?

4. When the dreamer awakens and hears Madame Tracy talking with someone in the kitchen, who is Madame Tracy talking to?

5. Who shows up to the air base as everyone else is rushing to get away from the air base?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Shadwell finally persuaded to take on his assignment?

2. While working with Shadwell, what piece of information does Newt never learn?

3. According to Anathema, why is Agnes the worst prophetess that ever lived?

4. Describe the contents of the International Express package delivered to Chalky.

5. How does Anathema know that Newt is a Witchfinder?

6. Why do the Witchfinders carry pins?

7. What does the tall biker tell the Trivial Pursuit player in the cafe?

8. The Chairman of the Lower Tadfield Resident's Association sees the world in black and white. What does he feel is his duty in regard to his moral conviction?

9. What is the Metatron's reasoning for why Armageddon should happen?

10. Why does no one say anything as the Four Horsemen parade through the air base?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The readers are introduced to Adam and his friends when they are eleven. Adam is clearly the leader of the pack.

a. What personality characteristics does Adam display that make him the natural leader of the Them?

b. How does his changing personality affect Adam's leadership and the reaction of his friends to his ideas and game suggestions?

c. Compare and contrast Adam's personality before and after he starts to realize he is the Antichrist.

Essay Topic 2

At the quarry, Adam is determined to end the world. At the air base, however, Adam does not go through with Armageddon.

a. Describe Adam's reasoning for bringing about Armageddon.

b. Describe Adam's reasoning for not bringing about Armageddon.

c. What changes Adam's mind?

Essay Topic 3

When Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden, their departure has significant consequences on many levels. Please discuss what these consequences are, which characters are affected, and which character is most prominently affected. How is that character's life changed?

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