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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is resistance to the Tyrany growing?
(a) Hope's "reforms" are simply a play to consolidate power.
(b) The people don't understand what Hope is trying to accomplish.
(c) In general, the people can't be pleased.
(d) People want change, but they don't want it to affect them.

2. Who are Hope's mistresses?
(a) Amber, Ebony, and Coral.
(b) Ebony, Coral, and Shelia.
(c) Spirit, Hopie, and Shelia.
(d) Spirit, Hopie, and Amber.

3. What happens when Hope meets with the Big Iron executives?
(a) A robot walks in and aims for Hope.
(b) A robot walks in and throws a grenade at Hope.
(c) A robot walks in and assassinates the executives.
(d) A robot walks in and kidnaps Hope.

4. What role does Hopie play in Hope's cabinet?
(a) She is in charge of education.
(b) She is in charge of industry.
(c) She is in charge of population.
(d) She is in charge of crime.

5. How does Hope convince Coral not to kill herself?
(a) He has her committed and locked in a guarded cell where she can't hurt herself.
(b) He promises to have her executed.
(c) He publicly exucutes all of the Big Iron executives.
(d) He convinces her that it wasn't her fault.

6. In the opening of Chapter 7, who manages most of the organizational work?
(a) Hopie.
(b) Hope.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Khukov.

7. Which Earth country is the RedSpot most equivalent to?
(a) France.
(b) Mexico.
(c) China.
(d) Canada.

8. What role does Columnist Thorley play in Hope's cabinet?
(a) He is in charge of implimentation.
(b) He is in charge of industry.
(c) He is in charge of the economy.
(d) He is in charge of freedom of speech and preventing censorship.

9. What does Hope tell Amber when she asks about Megan's identity?
(a) He tells her that he doesn't know a Megan.
(b) He tells her that Megan is his sister.
(c) He tells her that Megan is his wife, and they are happy together.
(d) He tells her that Megan is his wife, but she can't bring herself to be part of the Tyrancy.

10. What is Hope's response to Mondy's suggestion?
(a) He agrees with Mondy.
(b) He would rather be loved than feared.
(c) He doesn't think Mondy's plan will work.
(d) He would rather be feared than loved.

11. Why does Ebony feel that the growing population is a problem?
(a) She doesn't think that it's fair that people have children they can't take care of, then saddle the government with the responsibility.
(b) She feels that too many people are paying too much to raise their children.
(c) She doesn't think that the planet can support many more people.
(d) She feels that the population has reached an optimum level and should be stabilized.

12. How much time has passed between chapter seven and chapter six?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three weeks.

13. What happens when Hope takes Amber into one of the residences?
(a) Prostitutes make offers to both of them.
(b) Hope realizes that the shabby outside does not define the well kept and beautiful homes of the Latins.
(c) Women attack them and try to take Hope away from Amber.
(d) Men set upon them with knives to take Amber from Hope.

14. What does Ebony suggest they do about the growing population?
(a) She suggests opening abortion clinics throughout the planet.
(b) She suggests providing free contraception.
(c) She suggests the use of chemical sterilizers in the water.
(d) She suggets imposing a strict tax penalty on anyone who has more than two children.

15. What do Spirit and Stonebridge agree on about the plan to balance the economy?
(a) The rich must give up some of their wealth so that the poor can get richer.
(b) The rich can get richer, so long as the poor get richer too.
(c) They must do away with the middle class and institute a caste system.
(d) The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does business fare under Hope's administration?

2. How does Hopie feel about Hope being with Amber?

3. Why does Hope feel that the iron industry has a great deal of power?

4. What does Mondy say about being a leader?

5. Why does Hope give the order to execute a man?

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