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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 Vindarten do with Jan Rodricks?
2. What does the new race do with the moon?
3. What is the name of George Greggson's daughter?
4. What comes as a warning prior to the tsunami?
5. What does Jan Rodricks observe that he also saw on the aliens' home planet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are George Greggson and Jean Morrel spending more time with their children in Chapter 19?
2. Explain George Greggson's observations and feelings at the beginning of Chapter 21.
3. What does Karellen reveal during his weekly press conference in Chapter 14, and how does he justify the Overlords' actions based on their revelation during the conference?
4. Describe the response and mindset of the people of New Athens after the children are evacuated.
5. Why is Karellen sad at the end of the novel?
6. Explain the nature of Jeffrey Greggson's dreams as revealed in Chapter 18 and how the Overlords evaluate what is happening to him.
7. Why do the Overlords watch George Greggson's children?
8. How does Jan Rodricks respond when approaching Earth on his return, and why?
9. Why do George Greggson and Jean Morrel move to New Athens? Describe their adjustment to their new home.
10. What is ironic about Jan Rodricks' return to Earth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One easily identifiable image in our culture is that of Satan, with horns, hooves, wings, pointed tail, etc. Discuss the irony in Karellen's appearance as the devil to the historical role the devil has played in Western culture.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book, Clarke drops subtle hints (and some not so subtle) of what is to come, employing the literary device of foreshadowing. Identify at least three major incidences of foreshadowing, in which an event in the book points toward its ultimate conclusion. With each event earlier in the book, cite the event that fulfills the foreshadowing that came earlier, and the plot elements that moved the story from the foreshadowing incident to the outcome.
Essay Topic 3
The Overmind is introduced. In the context of the novel, is the Overmind God? Explain your answer. Describe the relationship between the Overlords and the Overmind. Discuss whether or not Karellen's notion that the Overmind is protecting humanity from itself is a valid one, and why Karellen would hold that opinion.
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