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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 Lilith have this time as she awakens that she hasn't been given before?

2. Why does Lilith only wake women at first?

3. What happens to the person in question # 29?

4. What does Jdahya say about his people helping Earth?

5. Why is Lilith given to Kahguyaht?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Tate, Gabriel and Joseph decide to do in Chapter Three, The Training Floor and what are the humans saying about their situation?

2. What does Tate think about Lilith's story, what does Lilith show her and what does Tate say she is instead of a prisoner?

3. What does Jdahya tell Lilith about her group and earth and the Oankali and earth?

4. What happens when Lilith and Joseph try to hold hands and what do they know about it?

5. How are the humans reacting when many of them have been woken and what does Lilith do when attacked and what does she realize?

6. In the Training Floor where are the humans put, why and what are they talking about?

7. What does Lilith watch Jdahya do when they leave the room and what is his explanation of his action?

8. About what is Akin warned and why does his family watch him closely?

9. In Chapter 4, where do Lilith and Joseph go and why are the others following them?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Lilith's Brood based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Lilith's Brood is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Lilith's Brood is a trilogy changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by this book. Questions that most likely Butler wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Butler's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 3

There are non-human sentient beings in Lilith's Brood.. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss the Oankali. Who are they? What are their powers? What is their purpose? Are they "good" or "evil"? What do they look like physically? What role do they play in forwarding the plot? Are they believable? Why or why not?

2. Thoroughly discuss an ooloi. What are they? What are their powers? What is their purpose? Are they "good" or "evil"? What do they look like physically? What role does he play in forwarding the plot? Is he believable? Why or why not?

3. Thoroughly discuss a construct. What are they? What are their powers? What is their purpose? Are they "good" or "evil"? What do they look like physically? What role do they play in forwarding the plot? Are they believable? Why or why not?

4. Do you think sentient, non-human beings adds to the enjoyment of Lilith's Brood? Explain your answer.

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