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Robert Charles Wilson

Spin | Quiz

Robert Charles Wilson
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1)

What does Diane tell Tyler when she returns to the motel room? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; Unquiet Nights)

They have to leave in two days.
The lack of symptoms means Tyler cannot create antibodies.
The medicine was not the correct dosage.
They have to leave right away.
2)

How did Jason communicate with the replicators? (from Ars Moriendi)

Throught a light beam.
By injecting a Martian drug into his body.
Through a special telecommunications device.
By electronic emissions only detectable by a micrometer.
3)

How are Jason's symptoms progressing? (from Under the Skin)

Getting worse by the day.
Staying about the same.
Getting better.
He has no symptoms anymore.
4)

What is the Red Heifer? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; Unquiet Nights)

A statue they find on Mars.
An idol the Summerians worshipped.
A pub in downtown Orlando.
A strange religious cult.
5)

What would happen if the protective membrane were removed? (from Under the Skin)

They do not know.
The earth would explode.
The rays of the decayed Sun would quickly make life on Earth impossible.
Time would never start again.
6)

What is ecopoiesis? (from Snapshots of Ecopoiesis)

A rare skin disease created by Spin.
A term coined by a scientist in 1990 to refer to the activity of creating a biosphere where none exists.
The study of the ecological impact of Spin.
The way an alien race they meet on Mars regenerates.
7)

What did the replicators require that no one but Jason knew? (from Ars Moriendi)

A power source other than the sun.
A means of overcoming inertia.
Renewal annually.
A human to enable communication.
8)

With whom was Carol in love for most of her life? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D. / We All Land Somewhere; North of Anywhere)

E. D.
Simon.
Belinda.
Sharre.
9)

What does Diane decide? (from Celestial Gardening)

To think about Tyler's offer.
To decline Tyler's offer.
Nothing.
To accept Tyler's offer.
10)

What does Tyler want Jason to do? (from Under the Skin)

Get as much bed rest as possible.
Go to France to see a specialist.
Come to the clinic for a physical exam.
Go to Texas to see a specialist.
11)

Who is introduced to the general public? (from Sacrificial Rites; The Ticking of Expensive Clocks)

E. D.
Lomax.
Jason.
Wu Ngo Wen.
12)

How is Simon? (from Snapshots of Ecopoiesis)

He keeps a close check on his wife and is suffering a spiritual crisis.
He, too, has MS.
He has died.
He has left Diane.
13)

What do Tyler and Jason discuss? (from Under the Skin)

The medicines they are finding on other planets that might help Jason.
The spin.
Tyler's wife.
Space travel.
14)

Why does Simon say Tyler cannot come for Diane? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; By Dreams Surrounded)

He refuses to give a reason.
Because Simon hates Tyler.
Because Diane wants to die without medical help.
Because Diane is close to death.
15)

Where is Perihelion located? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; Unquiet Nights)

In Washington, D.C.
In Houston.
Near Boston.
Near NASA at Cape Canaveral.
16)

What are the replicators? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; The Cold Places of the Universe)

A machine that they hope will learn how to get rid of Spin.
A flock of vultures.
An alien species that defeated the Goul'ald.
A race that is machine like and only lives to reproduce itself.
17)

How do they know Spin is gone? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; By Dreams Surrounded)

There are stars visible.
The replicators report it is so.
The lights of the city now reflect in the clouds.
The flickering in the sky is gone.
18)

Who is chosen because of his skills and wide cultural knowledge. (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; Hospitality)

E.D.
Wen Woo Gog.
Wun Ngo Wen.
Tyler.
19)

What helps Tyler procure what they need? (from Spin; The Abyss in Flames)

A pass from the President.
Because he is a doctor.
A machine gun.
An armed escort.
20)

Why do Diane and Tyler go into hiding? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D. / We All Land Somewhere; North of Anywhere)

To get away from Simon.
Because government agents will be looking for them after Jason's death.
Because Carol is insane and may turn state's witness against them.
To keep away from E. D.
21)

Who does Diane have to consult before accepting Tyler's offer? (from Celestial Gardening)

Her astrological chart.
The cult director.
E.D.
Simon.
22)

To what is the Martian drug intended to bring people? (from Four Photographs of the Kirioloj Delta)

"The Fourth Age."
"A New Age."
"A Renewed Age."
"The First Age."
23)

How does Jason relapse the coming year from the time the three friends were together? (from Snapshots of Ecopoiesis)

He does not have a relapse because Tyler watches him closely.
He relapses from his weight training program and can hardly walk.
He has a bout of MS but recovers.
He has a drug relapse and gets back on cocaine.
24)

Why does Tyler give Jason a heavier dose of medicine? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; The Cold Places of the Universe)

He is experimenting with a new regime.
He is trying to slowly kill Jason.
His illness is getting worse.
He is incompetent.
25)

Where does Tyler have to move if he accepts the offer? (from Four Times Ten to the Ninth Power A.D.; Unquiet Nights)

Florida.
Washington, D.C.
Boston.
Houston.
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