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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. Who hopes to prevent the plans for the alien ship?
2. What does Johanna realize about her captives?
3. About what does Woodcarver worry?
4. What is the plan for the alien ship?
5. Which fragment escapes the butchering of Scriber?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens that makes Ravna worry that Pham is a construct of the Powers?
2. What are Blueshell and Greenstalk ordered to do and what do they fear?
3. How is the curse of the Pharoah's tomb related to what the humans from the Straumli Realm are doing on Earth?
4. What causes a rift between Pham and Ravna?
5. Describe Lord Steel.
6. About what does Twirlip of the Mists wonder and what is the Alliance for the Defense's response?
7. What happens that Blueshell likens to a tsunami?
8. Describe the High Council meeting Johanna attends and what happens to Woodcarver during the meeting.
9. What lessens the size of Woodcarver's army even before any confrontation with Lord Steel's forces.
10. What does Ravna learn when she visits Greenstalk and Blueshell in their quarters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A Fire upon the Deep is written in the genre of science fiction. Discuss the following:
1. What sets science fiction apart from other genres? What are the characteristics of the genre of science fiction?
2. Based upon the characteristics you list in 1 above, discuss why A Fire upon the Deep falls under the genre of science fiction.
3. Some people might say that science fiction is merely for entertainment? Do you agree or not? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of A Fire upon the Deep, there is a great deal of new terminology and familiar words with new meanings. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of A Fire upon the Deep that are a part of the language of 2010 but mean something different. Define the words as used in A Fire upon the Deep and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. How does the language of A Fire upon the Deep from that of 2010? Are there words you did not know from that time? What? How do you learn their meanings? What does it mean to grasp a the meaning of a word through its context? Can you do that in A Fire upon the Deep? Give an example of several words whose definition are made clear through the context of how the word is used.
3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of A Fire upon the Deep through its vocabulary. Did you have to look up any words?
4. Were there any words you never really understood from A Fire upon the Deep? Which ones?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of A Fire upon the Deep, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur such as exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement. Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements. Subplots may not contain every element of a major plot. Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not? Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
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