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Modern literature Spring Final 2017

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Question 1

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The article "Will Robots Take Over our Jobs in Healthcare", predcts that what fraction of existing jobs will be replaced by robots by 2025?
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  • 3/4
  • 1/2
  • 1/3
  • 1/4

Question 2

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According to "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare", what percent of doctors will be replaced by technology?
Answer
  • 80%
  • 60%
  • 40%
  • 20%

Question 3

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According to "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare" the one thing that robots are least successful at is...
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  • complex surgical procedures
  • making ethical decisions
  • diagnosing illness
  • completing repetitive tasks

Question 4

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What advice does the author of "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare" give to people who lise their jobs to robots?
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  • take early retirement
  • learn a new job
  • go on welfare
  • sue your employer

Question 5

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The Xenex robot disinfects hospital rooms by using what?
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  • Xenex gas
  • intense heat
  • ultraviolet light
  • soap and water

Question 6

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According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" the nickname given to the Xenex sanitation robot by the hospital staff is...
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  • C3P-Clean
  • Dirt Terminator
  • Death Star Droid
  • R2-Clean-2

Question 7

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According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" how long have robots been used in surgery?
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  • 5 years
  • 10 years
  • 15 years
  • 20 years

Question 8

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According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" telemedicine robots are primarily used to treat what kind of trauma?
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  • stroke
  • heart attack
  • broken bones
  • brain concussion

Question 9

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According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" where are telemedicine robots frequently used? I. small rural hospitals II. emergency rooms III. ambulances
Answer
  • I only
  • II only
  • III only
  • I and II only
  • I, II, and III

Question 10

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The new report mentioned in "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" was written by what university?
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  • Yale
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Stanford
  • Harvard

Question 11

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According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" to whom are hospitals required to report all accidents during robotic surgeries?
Answer
  • the surgeon general
  • FDA
  • FBI
  • Intuitive Inc.

Question 12

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What robot was the primary subject of "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries?"
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  • TUG
  • Medibot
  • Da Vinci
  • RP-VITA

Question 13

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According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" how many cases of robotic surgery accidents are not reported each year?
Answer
  • 50
  • 500
  • 1,000
  • unknown

Question 14

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According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" what are the results of most accidents involving robots in robotic surgery?
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  • no harm
  • minor injury
  • serious injury
  • death

Question 15

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According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" what percent of surgeons admitted to irrecoverable operative malfunctions during robotic surgeries?
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  • 10-15%
  • 15-25%
  • 25-50%
  • more than 50%

Question 16

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According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" who is more likely to suffer injury from robotic surgery?
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  • women
  • men
  • children
  • elderly people

Question 17

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According to psychologist Gary Marcus what will occur when robots can program and improve themselves?
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  • technological singularity
  • intelligence explosion
  • the end of the world
  • severe unemployment

Question 18

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According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" one concern of senior doctors is that the use of robots will be...
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  • dehumanizing
  • expensive
  • dangerous
  • inefficient

Question 19

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According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" hospitals have been slow to adopt robotic technology because of...
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  • safety
  • cost
  • jobs
  • training

Question 20

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According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" what is the one question that still needs to be answered?
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  • Can robots be more efficient than humans?
  • Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?
  • Will there be jobs for people in the medical profession?
  • What will the training be like for doctors in the future?

Question 21

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A character says something that is ironic but is unaware that it is ironic.
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  • dramatic irony
  • situational irony
  • verbal irony

Question 22

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A reader guesses the implied meaning of a passage.
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  • theme
  • tone
  • mood
  • inference

Question 23

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A non-human object or creature is described as though it had human characteristics.
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  • metaphor
  • anthropomorphism
  • personification
  • characterization

Question 24

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A poem or song that addresses a concept, object, or person directly.
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  • satire
  • ode
  • parody
  • eulogy

Question 25

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Identify the literary device from its definition: The speakers attitude towards his/her subject or audience.
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  • tone
  • mood
  • imagery
  • theme

Question 26

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A question for which the answer is obvious or which requires no answer
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  • analogy
  • pun
  • rhetorical
  • conceit

Question 27

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A speaker says something but actually means something else.
Answer
  • dramatic irony
  • verbal irony
  • situational irony

Question 28

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A comparison of two similes or antithetical statements...
Answer
  • hyperbole
  • juxtaposition
  • anachronism
  • analogy

Question 29

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A work of literature that imitates another literary wokr in a humorous manner in order to criticize...
Answer
  • satire
  • parody
  • conceit
  • ode

Question 30

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Identify the literary device from its definition: An intentional exaggeration...
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  • allusion
  • distraction
  • hyperbole
  • oxymoron

Question 31

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to an significant event in the past
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  • literary allusion
  • historical allusion
  • biblical allusion
  • mythical allusion
  • pop-culture allusion

Question 32

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A hint at events that have not yet occurred.
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  • allusion
  • flashback
  • foreshadowing
  • juxtaposition

Question 33

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Identify the literary device from its definition: an object, idea or person is placed in the wrong time
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  • anachrony
  • foreshadowing
  • anachronism
  • flashback

Question 34

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Identify the literary device from its definition: a word or phrase that is used in such a way that it has more than one meaning or interpretation...
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  • analogy
  • pun
  • conceit
  • oxymoron

Question 35

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Identify the literary device from its definition: events combine to produce an unexpected outcome in the story
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  • anticlimax
  • oxymoron
  • dramatic irony
  • complication
  • situational irony

Question 36

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Identify the literary device from its definition: a list of objects or concepts...
Answer
  • catalogue
  • conceit
  • inference
  • distractors

Question 37

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Identify the literary device from its definition: the main idea or argument in a work of literature
Answer
  • tone
  • justification
  • theme
  • climax

Question 38

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to the Hebrew or Christian scripture
Answer
  • historical allusion
  • biblical allusion
  • mythical allusion
  • literary allusion
  • pop-culture allusion

Question 39

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Identify the literary device from its definition: phrases, causes or sentences that are constructed in a similar pattern
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  • understatement
  • conceit
  • analogy
  • parallelism
  • antithesis

Question 40

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to another work of literature...
Answer
  • pop-culture allusion
  • literary allusion
  • historical allusion
  • biblical allusion
  • mythical allusion

Question 41

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Identify the literary device from its definition: To make less of something than it really is, stating the obvious
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  • hyperbole
  • oxymoron
  • apophysis
  • anticlimax

Question 42

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Identify the literary device from its definition: An overused phrase that has lost its originality
Answer
  • oxymoron
  • cliché
  • nostalgic
  • anachronism

Question 43

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Identify the literary device from its definition: Using words to help the reader create mental images...
Answer
  • tone
  • imagery
  • allusion
  • conceit

Question 44

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Identify the literary device from its definition: One thing represents another...
Answer
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • symbol
  • parallelism

Question 45

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Identify the literary device from its definition: Placement if two things side by side...
Answer
  • juxtaposition
  • parody
  • stereotype
  • meteorymy

Question 46

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Identify the literary device from its definition: Any reference to the past...
Answer
  • nostalgia
  • allusion
  • juxtaposition
  • flashback

Question 47

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A generalization based on a bias...
Answer
  • parody
  • stereotype
  • satire
  • anachronism

Question 48

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Identify the literary device from its definition: To describe something as though it has the characteristics of something else
Answer
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • symbolism
  • imagery

Question 49

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A comparison that includes a comparative word or phrase...
Answer
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • symbolism
  • imagery

Question 50

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Identify the literary device from its definition: An object or animal that displays human characteristics...
Answer
  • anthropomorphism
  • personification
  • achetype
  • motif

Question 51

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A sentimental memory...
Answer
  • flashback
  • imagery
  • nostalgia
  • foreshadowing

Question 52

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Identify the literary device from its definition: Events that slow the progress of the plot and delay the outcome..
Answer
  • frame story
  • juxtaposition
  • antithesis
  • complications

Question 53

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Identify the literary device from its definition: The turning point in a story...
Answer
  • complication
  • climax
  • theme
  • conceit

Question 54

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A moment of high suspense that does not lead to a resolution...
Answer
  • complication
  • climax
  • conceit
  • anticlimax

Question 55

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A story that contains a story...
Answer
  • conceit
  • analogy
  • frame
  • juxtaposition

Question 56

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Identify the literary device from its definition: An elaborate metaphor or explanation intended to make a fictional story more realistic
Answer
  • frame
  • conceit
  • analogy
  • hyperbole

Question 57

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Identify the literary device from its definition: Intentional exaggeration...
Answer
  • anticlimax
  • climax
  • conceit
  • hyperbole

Question 58

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A very typical or universal symbol
Answer
  • metaphor
  • achetype
  • neologism
  • stereotype

Question 59

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to television, film, or a well-known contemporary person, place, or thing...
Answer
  • pop-culture allusion
  • historical allusion
  • mythical allusion
  • personal allusion

Question 60

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Identify the literary device from its definition: A combination of contradictory words...
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  • anticlimax
  • pun
  • ambiguity
  • oxymoron

Question 61

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In the introduction to The Island of Dr. Moreau, Edward Prendick's nephew gives an elaborate explanation for his belief that the story may be true. What literary device is this?
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  • frame story
  • conceit
  • satire
  • parody

Question 62

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How do we know that Edward Prendick wasn't missing at sea the whole time he was gone?
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  • He was rescued from an island.
  • He was only gone for a short time.
  • He was missing for eleven months.
  • He explained everything when he was found

Question 63

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What happened to the other men who were in the Lady Vain's boat with Prendick?
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  • They died of thirst.
  • They ate each other.
  • They fell overboard while fighting
  • Prendick shot them

Question 64

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Who is Montgomery?
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  • a disgraced doctor
  • a mad scientist
  • an animal teacher
  • a veterinarian

Question 65

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Why is Edward Prendick in an insane asylum at the beginning of the story?
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  • he has lost his memory
  • his story is unbelievable
  • he has irrational fears
  • all of these

Question 66

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What is the cargo on the ship that rescues Prendick?
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  • coffee
  • wild animals
  • illegal drugs
  • slaves

Question 67

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What is the black-faced man's most disturbing feature?
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  • hair
  • eyes
  • teeth
  • size

Question 68

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What s Montgomery's answer to all of Prendick's questions about the animals?
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  • don't have a clue
  • they're mine
  • looks like it
  • they're from the zoo

Question 69

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Where does Montgomery tell Prendick that he is going?
Answer
  • Hawaii
  • Noble's Isle
  • He refuses to say
  • An island with no name

Question 70

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Why does H.G. Wells give the reader only a little bit of information at any time?
Answer
  • He is making the story up as he writes it
  • to build the suspense
  • to delay the ending
  • he doesn't know the ending

Question 71

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What does the narrator dream of on the ship that keeps him awake?
Answer
  • heavy breathing in his cabin
  • animal noises under his bed
  • creepy eyes watching him
  • a shadow across his bunk

Question 72

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While on the ship, what happens to cause the narrator to think of Montgomery's strange attendant as inhuman?
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  • he sees him climb the ropes
  • he watches him eating
  • he growls like an animal
  • his eyes glow in the dark

Question 73

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How is Prendick's situation ironic when he reaches Dr. Moreau's island?
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  • He doesn't know where he is
  • He is back on the dingy from the Lady Vain
  • He doesn't know what Montgomery is doing on the island
  • He can no longer stay on the cargo ship

Question 74

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What does the narrator recollect of the name Moreau?
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  • he was a serial killer
  • he was lost at sea
  • he escaped from prison
  • he was a disgraced scientist

Question 75

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What happens the first time Prendick decides to explore the island?
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  • He meets three pink pig-like people.
  • He is followed by a creature he can't see
  • he makes a weapon with a rock and a handkerchief to defend himself.
  • all of these

Question 76

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How is Montgomery's explanation of the creatures Prendick sees while exploring the island typical of his responses to all of Prendick's questions?
Answer
  • he lies to him
  • he doesn't give clear answers
  • he just laughs
  • he offers him a drink

Question 77

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What is Montgomery's solution to all of his problems?
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  • a gun
  • drugs
  • lies
  • alcohol

Question 78

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Why does Prendick leave the compound to go exploring the first time?
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  • He has lost his glasses and can't read
  • He can't stand the screaming of the puma
  • He goes out to look for Montgomery
  • He has discovered what Dr. Moreau is doing

Question 79

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What happens to cause Prendick to go though the inner door to the compound?
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  • He hears the puma crying on the other side of the door
  • He hears Moreau's voices in the other room
  • He hears a man whimper in the laboratory
  • He follows Montgomery through the door.

Question 80

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What does Prendick think Dr. Moreau is doing after he breaks into his laboratory?
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  • he is torturing animals
  • he is vivisecting humans
  • he is turning animals into men
  • he is finding a cure for cancer
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