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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 Raul find in an abandoned tower?

2. What does Aenea reach in Chapter 24?

3. What is Raul surprised to discover in Chapter 4?

4. What does Aenea tell de Soya when she opens the lines of communication to him in Chapter 27?

5. Where does de Soya order Gregorius and his men to meet him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Aenea steps out of the Sphinx?

2. Who is Martin Silenus?

3. Discuss the introduction of the Shrike.

4. Discuss the poem Endymion.

5. Who is Raul Endymion?

6. What happens when de Soya awakens on the ship St. Thomas Akira?

7. What does Aenea reveal about her mother and father?

8. Discuss the ship Raul is taken aboard.

9. Discuss the first resurrection of Father Captain de Soya.

10. Why does Aenea want to travel to a Web world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the use of chapters to organize the novel and the effect this has on the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the ideas that are present in the novel that have and have not changed since the 20th century.

Essay Topic 3

Poetry holds a focus in the novel involving the John Keats poem, Endymion. What does this poem represent? What connection does the poem have to Raul?

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