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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is located at Capital Square?

2. Which world does Keng say is key to Urras?

3. To whom does Shevek want to give his theory?

4. Why does Keng say Urras is a paradise?

5. What do the authorities ration in the winter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, Shevek founds a printing syndicate to counter censorship. What do you think a printing syndicate could achieve? What effect do newspapers have on the public conscious? Think abut censorship in America. How have people battled against it?

Essay Topic 2

Ursula Le Gun is known as a feminist science fiction writer.

1) How are her views reflected in the novel?

2) Compare her views to feminism in today's society.

Essay Topic 3

A major theme in the book is that different people have different ideas and at one point Shevek has an argument with Vea. How do their opinions differ? Why is it important that they come to a compromise?

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