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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. How are the winner and loser determined in the game Qfwfq and Pfwfp play?
2. What is Ayl doing when Qfwfq finally locates her?
3. Where is Mrs. Vhd Vhd at the end of the story?
4. Besides color, what is missing from the Earth?
5. What does Mrs. Ph(i)nK_0 want to make for everyone?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Qfwfq and Pfwfp's final game resolved?
2. Describe the visualization that all the people in the point have of Mrs. Ph(i)nK_0 that leads to the Big Bang.
3. What does G'd(w)^n make once matter begins to condense?
4. Describe what Qfwfq thinks as he nears the end of the first galactic revolution and believes he's about to see his sign again.
5. How does Mrs. Vhd Vhd act during her time trapped on the moon?
6. How does Qfwfq describe the new atoms that are formed?
7. What does Granny think is happening when light first appears?
8. What are Ayl and Qfwfq's attitudes toward difference and sameness?
9. How does Pfwfp disguise new atoms as old ones?
10. What does Granny say has happened after the darkness comes again at the end of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Each story in COSMICOMICS is based on a snippet of information about science. Discuss the role of science in Calvino's stories.
1) How does the author choose the science information to base the stories on? Why are some of the science ideas and theories ones that have been disproved?
2) What role does science play in the stories themselves? Why does Calvino make his stories fantastical, and what relationship does the fantastical have to science?
3) What is Calvino's attitude toward science in COSMICOMICS?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout COSMICOMICS, Qfwfq feels judged by others, and characters enter into petty squabbles with each other. Discuss judgment throughout COSMICOMICS.
1) In "A Sign in Space," why does Qfwfq feel judged? What reasons does he have to feel that others are judging him? How does he judge himself?
2) In "All at One Point," how do the characters judge and criticize each other? Why is Mrs. Ph(i)NK_0 immune to this judgmental behavior?
3) How do Qfwfq and his uncle judge each other in "The Aquatic Uncle"? Where do their opinions of each other stem from?
4) In "The Light-Years," why does the narrator feel judged? How does he judge himself? How does his perception of being judged affect his actions and his relationship with others?
Essay Topic 3
Calvino's stories deal with communication between an individual and the world around him. Discuss communication in Calvino's stories.
1) In "The Light Years," how does the narrator communicate with others? What problems are there in communication?
2) In "The Form of Space," how does the narrator communicate with the other characters? What role does communication play in the story?
3) How well do the characters in COSMICOMICS communicate with the ones they love? How well, and in what way, do the characters communicate with their rivals?
4) In "A Sign in Space," how does Qfwfq communicate through his sign? What meaning and communication does Qfwfq receive from other signs? What is the role of communication in the story?
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