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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. Why does Hope hold a press conference while secretly trying to destroy the Saturnine ship?

2. Why is Hope unable to do business with the Latinos?

3. What is the effect of a Mind-Wash?

4. What does Emerald tell Hope in Chapter 2 about the loyalty of his planets?

5. How does Hope feel about Hopie working with Thorley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concern takes the place of the threat of war for Hope? How does he deal with it?

2. Describe Amber.

3. What is Hope's first act as Tyrant?

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

5. What special ability is Hope revealed to have in Chapter 2, and how is it revealed?

6. What purpose does the Preface serve in to this story?

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

8. Describe the relations between Jupiter, Saturn, and Ganymede after Hope's failed attempt to destroy the Saturnine ship.

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

10. Who is Robertico and how does his arrival affect Hope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What point of view is used in this novel? Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Why does the author most likely choose this method? What does this style accomplish for the story?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Jupiter in this story similar to the United States? In what ways is it different?

Essay Topic 3

When Hope arrives to meet the senators, what happens? In what way is the plan of the senators similar to the plan of different senators, long ago in Rome? What does go differently with this plan?

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