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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 a man call Tino when some resisters find him and Akin in the forest?
2. With whom is Lilith told she must stay for a while to prepare for her future life?
3. What does Lilith realize about her physical strength?
4. How does Lilith feel about Kahguyaht's plan?
5. Why can't Lilith leave the house where she is with Nikanj?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lilith do when several men try to rape a woman?
2. What does Jdahya tell Lilith about the sexes of the Oankali?
3. How are the humans reacting when many of them have been woken and what does Lilith do when attacked and what does she realize?
4. About what is Akin warned and why does his family watch him closely?
5. Who is Akin and what does he look like? Who is is father and why does Lilith worry?
6. In Chapter 4, where do Lilith and Joseph go and why are the others following them?
7. Who does Lilith meet in Chapter One of Dawn and how does she feel about Jdahya?
8. Who is the first human Lilith is allowed to meet, how does the meeting go and what is the result of the meeting? What does Lilith tell the Oankali about the human?
9. In the Training Floor where are the humans put, why and what are they talking about?
10. Who is in the room when Lilith wakes in Chapter 2 and what does she learn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The time this novel takes place in the future. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think technology in "real life" will have advanced as far as it has in Lilith's Brood? Do you think it will have advanced further? Explain thoroughly with examples.
2. What do you think are the difficulties of creating a setting far into the future? What are the advantages?
3. Many science fiction novels written in the early 20th century actually "predicts" some technology that is commonplace during the first decade of the 21st century. Research some early science fiction novels and discuss how much of the "pretend" technology is actually "real" now. How you think Napoleon Hill's belief that "what man can conceive and believe, man can achieve" can explain how technology in early science fiction is now a reality?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Lilith's Brood, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Lilith's Brood is? Explain your response.
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