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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 is the nickname given for the administrator of the Physical Anthropology lab?
2. What do Nick and Tanya do with their champagne glasses once they are empty?
3. What is the ever-present threat in the tunnels?
4. Why does Margo say she likes Smithback's second article on Pamela Wisher?
5. What kind of tests were run on the two skeletons found in the river?
Short Essay Questions
1. What seems to be the reason that the unknown character in Chapter 8 holds the Ceremony?
2. What is the history of Mbwun, and why is it assumed that these killings might relate to the events surrounding this creature?
3. Why is there so much excitement surrounding the second skeleton found in the polluted Cloaca?
4. What about the Museum of Natural History makes its atmosphere àpropos to a book of this genre?
5. What is ironic about using the muse of rhetoric, Polyhymnia, to name an ornate club in Chapter 10? Does its patronage seem to have anything to do with it?
6. Waxie is a misogynist. What does his presence add to the story, and how does that contribute to the overall storyline?
7. When Mephisto gives Smithback the nickname "scriblerian," what does he imply?
8. What does Pendergast reveal about Hayward? How does Hayward feel about this revelation? How does D'Agosta feel about this revelation?
9. Does the existence of an underground "clan" seem plausible? What do you think is their purpose in the story?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The underground tunnels are a huge part of this story. What kind of mood do the tunnels create? Are they sufficiently creepy for a novel of this genre? Do you think the tunnels and the state of the inhabitants is a statement on the condition of New York City and its inhabitants? Why do you think the author expresses such cynicism through his homeless characters?
Essay Topic 2
Smithback is proud of the good he thinks he has done for the Pamela Wisher murder case. However, important people look at what he has done as meddling. What things has Smithback done to bring the case to the forefront, and why are certain people unhappy with his interference?
Essay Topic 3
The officers leading this investigation seems simple, weak, demanding and lazy. What point do you think the author was trying to bring across with such characters? Is he making a statement on police leaders in general, or do you think he is trying to make his other characters seem stronger?
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