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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. B says the good news is that culture is not what?

2. What is the name of Jared's doctor at the recovery center?

3. Albrecht tells Jared he needs to remove the obscuring lenses of what?

4. B says for over 10,000 years, a chorus of what was assembling?

5. When does B say Salvationist religions came about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Charles, Shirin, and Jared all B?

2. In what manner does B teach about population?

3. Why, according to the lecture, The Great Forgetting, can one can offer to show someone how to be saved and be understood anywhere in the world?

4. What is The Great Forgetting?

5. Why does B say an increase in food production will not help the millions that are starving in the world?

6. Why does Jared speak directly to his reader in the epilogue?

7. Even though B says cultural collapse is occurring, what does he say the good news is?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does B feel about overpopulation? What does he think causes it? Why does he see it as a problem? What is his solution for it? How do B's views on overpopulation relate to his overall message?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of the Great Forgetting and the Great Remembering. What are these instances? What does B believe needs to happen regarding these concepts? How do these concepts relate to B's desire to save the world? What is he trying to undo?

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