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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. Who speaks out against Hope's act of war?

2. What is attacking the bubble?

3. Why does Admiral Khukov call Hope?

4. What is the purpose of the preface?

5. Why does Hope hate to give up his public contact?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hope's plan in appointing people to government positions.

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

3. What changes in government mark the beginning of Hope's Tyrancy?

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

5. What does Mondy suggest to Hope about the Ganymede situation?

6. What is Hope's plan for dealing with the Saturnine ship? Does it work?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Hope takes away people's ability to have children, What happens? Why do the women react the way they do? What happens to them? What does Hope do about this?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Hope claims in the story that he doesn't love anyone, and Rue Phist claims that he only loved two women. How does Hope react to Shelia's death? What are the long term effects of Shelia's death on Hope? How does this affect the Tyrancy?

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