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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 "DISH" stand for in the discussion between Frock, D'Agosta, and Brambell?
2. What is the name of the bridge in Chapter 1?
3. What is a Stumpiniceps troglodytes?
4. What is the Pitti Palace?
5. What metaphor is used to describe the Reservoir in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?
2. How does D'Agosta take Waxie's assignment as team leader for the investigation? Why does he feel it might be a good move for all concerned?
3. In Chapter 8, an unknown person develops extra sensitive senses, apparently by ingesting some unknown drug. What do you think is the purpose of this character's in-depth description and failing to tell the reader who he is?
4. Why do you think the author mentions his previous book, "Relic"?
5. What do you think is the author's purpose in describing Sergeant Hayward's physical characteristics in such detail?
6. What is the basic precept of Frock's theory of fractal evolution? How would it apply to the events taking place in the story?
7. How might Margo's expertise in ethnopharmacology be an example of foreshadowing?
8. What are the repercussions of the $100,000 reward posted by Bill Smithback and the Post?
9. When Mephisto gives Smithback the nickname "scriblerian," what does he imply?
10. What about the Museum of Natural History makes its atmosphere àpropos to a book of this genre?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Review the symbolism involved in the hut of skulls. What does this represent to the Wrinklers? What does it represent to outsiders? What does it represent to the shaman? How does the hut play into the Wrinklers' ceremony? Cite examples from the text to support your explanation.
Essay Topic 2
Mrs. Wisher is distraught at the brutal murder of her daughter. She feels frustrated by the lack of information coming out of One Police Center, feeling that she should give the benefit of the doubt with the details of her daughter's death. What steps does Mrs. Wisher take to counteract this feeling of helplessness, and how do her actions affect the storyline ?
Essay Topic 3
Greg Kawakita is a key part of the reason the city is being overrun with murders. He is long gone, but his legacy of madness lives on in those he "infected" with the drug, glaze. How do you think Kawakita rationalized giving the drug to others when he already knew it was what created the Mwbun? How do you think he rationalized taking it himself?
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