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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. From where are troops dispatched?
2. Who keep out of sight?
3. How is Crupilo injured?
4. When does Ravna tell Jefri they will arrive?
5. How many stars does the planet the archeologists explore have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Pham learn while the OOB is headed for repairs and how does Ravna react?
2. How does Greenstalk create havoc with Pham's trust of the two Riders?
3. What causes a rift between Pham and Ravna?
4. What the Arbitration Arts Corporation communicate in various posts about a new Power?
5. About what does Twirlip of the Mists wonder and what is the Alliance for the Defense's response?
6. What is Jefri doing during Woodcarver's army's attack?
7. How does Bluestalk demonstrate that he is not in thrall to the Blight?
8. Describe Blueshell and Greenstalk.
9. What do Pham and Ravna think is behind the ambush by the Riders at Saint Rihndell's Repair Harbor?
10. Describe Arne and Sjane Olsndot and what happens to them.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Johanna has been quite hostile at the beginning of her captivity, so the Queen orders her lodged next to her, where she can treat her wound and befriend her as a first step to studying her. Discuss the following:
1. How is the above situation with what the Queen does similar to the saying, "You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
2. Do you think the Queen's friendship and kindnesses produce positive results with Johanna? Why or why not?
3. Do you think in the "real" world befriending prisoners of war would actually be more useful than treating them cruelly? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
The time this novel takes place at least 5 billion years after our present time. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think technology will have advanced as far or farther than that shown in A Fire Upon the Deep?
2. Vinge sets the novel so far into the future of at least 5 billion years that it seems cultures might be incomprehensible from the present, yet much of the world of that time is still familiar enough to understand. Do you think this fact works for you as a reader? Do you think Vinge might have done better to have set the novel not so far into the future? Why or why not?
3. History seems to be cyclic; major civilizations have arisen and fallen just over the course of human recorded history, much less history before anything is recorded. Given that fact, do you think it is likely that there have been many cycles of history and civilizations in the 5 billion years between now and when A Fire upon the Deep takes place? Do you think many of these civilizations would actually seem far more incomprehensible than the universe which exists at the time of A Fire upon the Deep? Why or why not? What might one of these almost incomprehensible civilizations be like?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Compare/contrast Johanna Olnsdot to her brother, Jefri. How are they alike? How are they different? Do you think their differences are mainly due to their age differences? Compare how each initially react to the sentient beings of the planet where they land.
2. Compare/contrast Queen Woodcarver to Lord Steel. How are they alike? How are they different? How do their "world views" differ? Who is the better leader/ruler? Under which one would you rather live?
3. Compare/contrast Ravna to Pham. How are they alike? How are they different? Who is more likeable? Approachable? Compassionate? Intellectual?
4. Compare/contrast Greenstalk to Blueshell. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they more alike than they are different? Why or why not? Are either or both trustworthy? Are they likeable? How do they differ from other sentient beings introduced in the novel?
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