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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hope hate to give up his public contact?
(a) He will miss the press.
(b) He fears he will become isolated.
(c) He loves the public eye too much.
(d) He fears it will undermine his authority.

2. Why does the pressure build to dangerous levels in the bubble?
(a) They are experiencing an equipment malfuntion.
(b) They are taking severe damage from the attack.
(c) They are ascending out of the atmosphere of Jupiter.
(d) They are descending into the atmosphere of Jupiter.

3. What does this novel aim to shed more light on?
(a) Siege of Saturn.
(b) Invasion of Neptune.
(c) Siege of Venus.
(d) Invasion of Mars.

4. How does Hope feel about Hopie working with Thorley?
(a) He feels that it is Thorley's only chance at really helping the government.
(b) He doesn't like it and tells Hopie to stay away from him.
(c) He doesn't trust Hopie with Thorley.
(d) He thinks they make a cute couple.

5. Why does President Tocsin try to undermine the agreement between Ganymede and Saturn?
(a) Saturn is too powerful.
(b) Ganymede is too powerful.
(c) Hope is too powerful.
(d) War is good for business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of government does Ganymede have?

2. What is the purpose of the preface?

3. Who assigns Hope the job of Tyrant?

4. What is the purpose of the Technicians on the Saturnine ship?

5. How does Hope plan to destroy the Saturnine ship without showing his involvement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the events leading up to Hope creating a second identity.

2. In Chapter 4, what suggestions does Hope receive for solving the budget crisis?

3. What is the Saturnine plan, and how does Tocsin factor into it?

4. What does Columnist Thorley think about Hope and his new government? How does Hope respond?

5. In what ways are Hope's future solar system and our own Earth similar?

6. Describe Hopie's feelings about education. How does Hope react to her opinion?

7. Describe Hope as a man and as a leader as he appears in Chapter 3.

8. What happens at the press conference in Chapter 5, and how does it help to define Hope's new Tyrancy?

9. Describe Hope's discussion with Stonebridge about the economy.

10. Describe Amber.

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