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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. Upon what is Quantum technology based?
2. What is Elsie Kastner's job at the site?
3. What interrupts dinner in a nearby village the second night that Kate's friends are there?
4. What does Johnston always insist Chris do?
5. Who calls Marek's cell phone?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kramer pressure the Professor to do?
2. What does the MRI on Traub reveal?
3. What does Doniger order Gordon to have a security officer do?
4. What alarms the Professor about the ITC's dealings concerning the Dordogne Site?
5. What does Dan Baker want to do when traveling on a poor, rutted road in Arizona and how does that differ from his wife's desires?
6. Who is Katherine Erickson, and what is her job at the Dordogne site?
7. What does Stern respond to Marek's inquiries about the helicopter surveillance?
8. What is the quintain, and what is its purpose?
9. How do Chris and Stern inadvertently find a tower foundation, and how does Chris react?
10. How does one get onto the board of ITC?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The American brokers' ignorance grates on Marek, who believes "the modern world was invented in the Middle Ages. Everything from the legal system, to nation-states, to reliance on technology, to the concept of romantic love had first been established in medieval times. These stockbrokers owed the very notion of a market economy to the Middle Ages."
a. Compare the legal systems in place today in modern America to the system shown in Timeline.
b. Discuss the ways in which the feudal system relates to the system of nations that exist today.
c. Do you think the stockbrokers would be better at their jobs if they knew more of the historyof the market economy? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Michael Crichton, in his signature style, blends scientific fact with fiction in Timeline. The introduction is designed to lay the groundwork for his theme of scientific hubris. Crichton establishes a parallel between the arrogant shortsightedness of late 19th Century scientists and the equally arrogant, shortsighted scientists of the late 20th Century.
a. Discuss three examples of Crichton blending scientific fact with fiction in Timeline.
b. Discuss what is meant by the term scientific hubris in the above paragraph.
c. Compare one incident of scientific shortsightedness in the 19th Century to one in the late 20th Century. This may require research.
Essay Topic 3
The individuals who appear in the 14th Century are Kate, Chris, and Marek from another universe. They are nearly identical people, but they are not the same. The friends Stern knows have been irrevocably destroyed. The Professor, unaware of this technical detail, somehow seems to sense that he is not where he belongs. His comment about Marek living in a world not his own can be linked to a subconscious instinct that he, too, is out of his element.
a. How do you think Kate, Chris and Marek feel about being alive in a universe different from their own?
b. Do you think if you were in Stern’s position you would feel awkward around Chris, Kate and Marek? Why or why not?
c. Do you think the Professor is correct about his ideas concerning Marek? Why or why not?
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