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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 is dropped to their death down an elevator shaft?

2. How do Aenea and Raul travel to the second portal?

3. What is a hoax involving the Raphael?

4. Who loses an arm in Chapter 54?

5. What is said to be in the middle of a spiritual renaissance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Aenea's thoughts on the Shrike in Chapter 30?

2. What plan does de Soya reveal in Chapter 37?

3. What does Raul do when he finds a fishing platform?

4. What theory does Aenea reveal in Chapter 52?

5. What happens when Aenea leaves Sol Draconi Septem?

6. What happens when Aenea transports through the portal into the Sol Draconi System?

7. What does Father Glaucus explain to Aenea and her party about the Chitchatuk?

8. Discuss the trap Nemes sets for Aenea.

9. Discuss what happens when de Soya faces the Inquisition.

10. What occurs when the perspective of the novel changes to Nemes's in Chapter 55?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are character descriptions used in order to provide information on characters in the story? What are the benefits of character descriptions used in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the relationship between Aenea and Raul. Why is this relationship important to understand? How does this relationship impact the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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