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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 is Raul told that Aenea requested he hide in orbit on a nearby moon?

2. How many years have elapsed between Part 1 and Part 2 in "The Rise of Endymion"?

3. Who are the last to leave the former community of Taliesin?

4. According to Aenea, what is the name of the mountain that is to be sought out?

5. Where did Aenea meet Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the beginning of the Pax's raids in Chapter 9.

2. What is the Shrike?

3. What happens to Raul at the Temple Hanging in the Air?

4. Why is Corporal Bassin Kee tortured in Chapter 3?

5. What happens to Isosaki when he discusses the meeting of the Core with Cognani?

6. What does the Shrike do to every one of its victims' bodies?

7. Who is Rachel Weintraub?

8. Describe what Raul calculates in Chapter 16.

9. What happens to Raul in Lock Childe Lamonde?

10. According to Raul, what does Father Clifton's doctrine prompt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and discuss how Aenea's role in "The Rise of Endymion" runs parallel to God.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain the several layers of the Pope's deception and betrayal in his dealings with Mustafa.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and describe the conflict in Raul's feeling of failure when he could not save Aenea, although she had it planned that way from the beginning.

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