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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 does a red tag given by the Green Star Relief Station give a person the right to do?

2. What is Mad Bear's attitude toward Taddeo?

3. What does Benjamin say the sign outside his tent means?

4. What does Zerchi have in his office?

5. What is Thon Maho Makh investigating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Taddeo want to alienate Hannegan?

2. How does Mad Bear view Taddeo's party?

3. Describe the legend of Leibowitz's death.

4. Why does the idea that mankind is a servant race created by a society of betters appeal to Taddeo?

5. Why is Paulo opposed to euthanasia?

6. What shocks the abbot most about Kornhoer's invention?

7. Why does Paulo feel like a shoemaker in a village of shoemakers?

8. Who is eligible for euthanasia?

9. Why have nuclear weapons been banned?

10. Why do the Poet's jokes cause so much upset at the dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the technology of Kornhoer's invention with Zerchi's malfunctioning APLAC. What do these two machines say about the respective cultures that develop them? Why are they developed? How do the characters in the novel feel about the machines? How do these machines exemplify the positive and negative aspects of technology?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss culture in the novel.

Part 1) How do cultures and cultural values change over time? Discuss the prevailing culture before the Flame Deluge and during each of the three parts of the novel.

Part 2) How do cultures clash in the novel? How do cultural clashes lead to war? How do cultural clashes determine cultural values and future development?

Essay Topic 3

Taddeo believes that he finds evidence that the current human race was a created race of servants, inferior to the great civilization of the past. His own personal view of humanity colors how he views this evidence. Discuss the way that personal points of view affect the interpretation of evidence and events throughout the novel. Include in your discussion Francis, Cheroki, and Arkos' reactions to the discovery of the Fallout Shelter; Paulo, Taddeo, and Armbruster's reactions to the electric light; and Zerchi's reaction to reports of movements or responses from Mrs. Grales' second head, Rachel.

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