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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. How does the crew travel through the puppeteer city?

2. What is the puppeteer leader called?

3. Why did the puppeteers disappear?

4. Why do the puppeteers move their planets through space?

5. What is the setting as the crew is finished packing for their journey to get help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Please describe the interaction between Nessus and Speaker at the start of Chapter 9.

2. What does the crew observe about Ringworld as they approach in the Liar?

3. Why has Teela decided to join the mission?

4. What does the crew learn about the Ringworld from the natives in Chapter 12?

5. Please describe the ship the crew will be taking to Ringworld.

6. What does the crew decide to do after crashing onto the Ringworld?

7. How is Ringworld described in Chapter 6?

8. Describe the alien that Louis meets in Chapter 1.

9. Why does Nessus want Speaker on the mission?

10. How does Teela respond to Louis's lessons for her in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story, we see various individuals fighting for leadership on the mission to Ringworld. What do you think truly makes a person a leader? Who do they believe was the true leader on the mission to Ringworld and why?

Essay Topic 2

Please explain what hubris is. Which character in the novel is an example of hubris at work and how it is seen in this character? What is the failed outcome for this character?

Essay Topic 3

Please explain what conflict is in a work of literature. What types of conflict can be seen in Ringworld and what, if anything, is the main conflict of the story?

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