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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. What does Hope do when he discovers a Saturnine spy?

2. Why do Spirit and Hope decide that it is best to get Hope out of town for a while?

3. What happens when Hope meets with the Big Iron executives?

4. Where does Hope take a job?

5. Why is Hope growing dissatisfied with his mistresses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the iron industry in Chapter 8? What do Phist and Hope plan to do about it?

2. Who is Jose Garcia? How is he significant to the story?

3. Describe the relationship between Hope, Hopie, and Amber in Chapter 9.

4. Describe the the senators' meeting with Hope.

5. Explain Hope's appointment to negotiate with himself.

6. Describe the Iron Industries opposition to the Tyrancy.

7. Describe the resistance's rise to power.

8. Describe Hope's trip to the zoo with Amber and Hopie.

9. Describe Hope's relationship to the woman in the feelie helmet.

10. Explain the agreement that Hope, as Jose, comes to with Shelia about reproductive rights.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Megan takes over Jupiter after Hope abdicates. What form of government does Megan bring? Would her government work without Hope's Tyrancy paving the way? Explain your opinion.

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

Why was the false attack on Ganymede so dangerous? Why not simply come out and let everyone know that the premiere was Hope's information leak?

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