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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 is the world of Lam mouth Leviathon capable of doing?

2. Who finds evidence of thruster bursts that signal the release of a dropship to the planet's surface?

3. What world do Aenea and Raul learn they are in Chapter 31?

4. What tries to stop Aenea from reaching the microfilament Web?

5. Who awakens from resurrection in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when de Soya tours the Vatican?

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

3. What happens when Aenea leaves Sol Draconi Septem?

4. Discuss the death of Nemes.

5. Discuss the deaths that Nemes causes in Chapter 47.

6. Discuss the exploration of de Soya and his crew in Chapter 32.

7. Discuss Aenea and her crew's travel down the river.

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

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

10. What happens to Aenea and her crew on their way to the frozen city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss setting. What is the role/importance of setting in the novel and how it is displayed?

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

Time periods play a prominent role in the novel when Raul is said to be born in the year 3099 A.D. What role do time periods play in the novel? How do time periods connect to ideas that are discussed throughout the novel?

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