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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 have the soldiers done?

2. What is used as a purgative when one man has a fever?

3. What do Bisesa and Abdikadir give Ruddy for his gut infection?

4. What is the most beautiful woman's name?

5. What is the last thing that Kolya thinks about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kolya wish he could keep talking with Casey? Why is this?

2. What is the punishment for Kolya's leak of information and how is this not supposed to be a fate worse than death?

3. What does the Firstborn intend to do and why? What is the objective of the Discontinuity?

4. Why does Alexander want to parlay?

5. Describe the shrine that Alexander leads the pilgrimage to. How does he feel upon arrival?

6. What kinds of things does the Eye compel Seeker and Grasper to do?

7. What is Bisesa's fear and who echoes it?

8. How does Kolya manage to stay alive and what is he going to do?

9. What does Bisesa finally tell Ruddy what will happen to him later in life?

10. How does the lack of people in the city of Babylon unnerve everyone who enters the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bisesa's reliance on her Puritabs. What is her intention by continuing to use them and why? What is interesting to note about their bodily reaction to being sent through time? Who fares worse compared to who?

Essay Topic 2

Although Kolya is originally spurred on to defeat Genghis Khan when he witnesses the destruction of Bishkek, he thinks of his wife before he pulls the trigger. Explain the author's intent by making his wife the last image that goes through Kolya's mind before he kills himself, taking Genghis with him.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the pros and cons to time travel. What could be some massive problems associated with time travel? What issues might arise upon return? How could it be possible to travel through time and not leave a change in the causality?

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