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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 is the artist of Las Meninas?

2. Which of the following did the station crew eat in celebration of the moon mission launching?

3. Which of the following does the novel equate to “wow”?

4. Which of the following is noted in the novel as a way to say “hello”?

5. Which of the following appears to the station?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must the station crew exercise for hours daily?

2. What question does Shaun’s teacher ask about Las Meninas?

3. How are the cells with which Anton and Roman work derived?

4. Why does Chie have skin emollient?

5. Why is Anton persistently tired?

6. What is it that prompts the fisherman to realize his children’s beauty?

7. Why are the station crew not allowed new underwear daily?

8. How does the novel describe the beginning of the typhoon?

9. What cardiovascular effects are noted on the station crew?

10. Why is Shaun not surprised his wife remembers their teacher’s discussion of Las Meninas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Harvey’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

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