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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. What is Hope's first act as Tyrant?
(a) He deals with President Tocsin.
(b) He gives a state of the union address.
(c) He declares war on Saturn.
(d) He straightens out the budget.

2. What happens when Khukov becomes the leader of Saturn?
(a) Khukov betrays Hope and launches an attack on Jupiter.
(b) The war apparatus and the false occupation of Ganymede are dismantled.
(c) Ganymede secedes from Saturn.
(d) Khukov is assassinated and Karzhinov returns as leader of Saturn.

3. Who assigns Hope the job of Tyrant?
(a) The great galactic head.
(b) The Jupiter Parliment.
(c) The former Tyrant.
(d) The Constitutional Convention.

4. Where is Pineleaf Bubble?
(a) Sitting in a crater on the moon.
(b) Floating in the Jupiter atmosphere.
(c) Sitting on the surface of Mars.
(d) Floating in a sea of methane.

5. Where does President Tocsin live?
(a) Blue Bubble.
(b) White Bubble.
(c) Green Bubble.
(d) Black Bubble.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hope react when he is advised to find a baby sitter?

2. How does Tocsin feel about Hope?

3. How does the assassin try to kill Hope?

4. Why can't Hope zero out the military budget?

5. What keeps the bubble afloat in its proper place in the atmosphere?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Based on the events in Chapter 1, what is the state of Jupiter at the moment that Hope is appointed Tyrant?

3. Describe the women in Hope's life.

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

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

6. What claims are made in the Preface?

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

8. In Chapter 1 , what are some advancements that have been made in Hope's future?

9. Describe Hope's "act of war" in Chapter 5.

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

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