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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. In what language is the interrogation of de Soya performed?

2. What have Aenea and her crew been transported by?

3. What is the first Ouster world?

4. Aenea, Raul, and A. Bettik leave the frozen city with ___________.

5. What does de Soya face in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the death of Nemes.

2. What happens when Raul is forced to pretend to be a fisherman?

3. What happens when de Soya tours the Vatican?

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

5. Discuss the inner workings of the Raphael.

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

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

8. What theory does Aenea reveal in Chapter 52?

9. How does Raul almost die?

10. What happens when de Soya wakes to find orders from the Pope that they have been rerouted to God's Grove?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The point of view of the novel changes several times. What are the reasons for this? What are the effects of this on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Raul's job to find Aenea with that of De Soya's job to find Aenea. Why are these men chosen for this task? What characteristics do these men hold? What tasks are they told to perform?

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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