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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 happens to the tape recording Jared made of a conversation with Lulfre?

2. In what city does B give the lecture, "The Boiling Frog"?

3. Jared says he is B because he is what?

4. In B's lecture, "The Great Forgetting," he says he would wager that geneticists do not spend an hour a day reading what book?

5. Who asks Jared if he is B now?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jared smashes his ammonite fossil?

2. In what manner does B teach about population?

3. Why does Jared believe the tribal lifestyle worked?

4. Why does B argue with what people in the 1950s said about Man and his place in the scheme of things?

5. What is The Great Forgetting?

6. How does B explain how population increased since Homo sapiens first appeared on the earth?

7. How does B draw a comparison between a frog and Man?

8. How does B draw a parallel between Eastern and Western cultures?

9. In his May 31 entry, why does Jared say he cannot call Germany and make sure Shirin and Michael are all right?

10. Why is the date for the first entry in section three unknown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the use of the Antichrist in the novel. What is the Antichrist? What role does the Antichrist play in the novel? What is the significance of this concept? What point do you think the author is trying to make through the presence of the Antichrist in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the significance of the bricolage Shirin uses to teach Jared. What is the basic concept of Shirin's bricolage? Why does she construct it? How does she plan to use it to teach Jared? Discuss the role of each part of the bricolage.

Essay Topic 3

Explore Jared's wavering sense of faith in his religion throughout the novel. When does he begin to doubt his faith? When does he finally admit that he has lost it? What is the significance of Jared, a priest, losing his faith after hearing B speak? What point do you think he might be trying to make?

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