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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 Hope while in Nyork?

2. What does this novel claim to be?

3. How long has Hope been in contact with the dead?

4. How does Hopie feel about education?

5. Why does Admiral Khukov call Hope?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the situation on Ganymede as it is in Chapter 4.

2. What are the effects of Hope's bold move on Ganymede?

3. What is Hope's first act as Tyrant?

4. Describe the act put on by Hope and Admiral Khukov in Chapter 5.

5. Explain why Hopie is unhappy. How does she come to understand the situation?

6. What concern takes the place of the threat of war for Hope? How does he deal with it?

7. Describe how the Navy affected Hope's rise to power.

8. What is the Saturnine plan, and how does Tocsin factor into it?

9. Who is Robertico and how does his arrival affect Hope?

10. How does Hope feel about his appointment as Tyrant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Hope takes away people's ability to have children, What happens? Why do the women react the way they do? What happens to them? What does Hope do about this?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the theory of mutually assured destruction. Why was this theory so big during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War? How did Saturn and Jupiter face this threat in this story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the process by which Hope became the Tyrant. Who appointed him? Who helped him?

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