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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. How does Jar Jar end up on top of an enemy tank?

2. What does Obi-Wan insist to Qui-Gon about Anakin?

3. How does Anakin feel about the city planet of Coruscant?

4. What does Anakin do when Yoda presses him about his mother?

5. What happens in the hanger when the droid guards are all killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Queen Amidala decided to return to Naboo?

2. How does Anakin feel at Qui-Gon's funeral?

3. What does Darth Sidious tell Nute Gunray to do about the Queen?

4. What types of strategies does Sebulba try in the race?

5. What does Qui-Gon tell Obi-Wan when he brings the parts to the ship?

6. What are Queen Amidala's plan to help Naboo?

7. What happens when the Queen attends the Senate meeting?

8. What do Anakin and Jar Jar hear when they sneak out of their quarters?

9. What happened between Qui-Gon and Darth Maul by the Queen's cruiser?

10. Where does Anakin end up during the fight for Naboo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The action of the race is pure thrills - escalating to an exciting finish, using all the "bells and whistles" of the science-fiction form, but actually following in the pulp fiction tradition of macho competitive struggle employed by man and machine.

1. What do you think is meant by pulp fiction tradition of macho competitive struggle?

2. What do you think is the "bells and whistles" of science fiction??

3. Describe a scene in Chapter 13 that would indicate to a read the book was science fiction, even if the description was all a reader saw.

Essay Topic 2

The author has laden an insight about life that underlies many of the thematic threads of The Phantom Menace - the fact that exterior appearance does not necessarily indicate the intrinsic value of human beings, and in the case of science fiction, alien life forms as well.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Describe a time when you or someone you know of, has thought one thing about a person and then was proven wrong after getting to know the person.

3. How does the statement above relate to the clique "you can't tell a book by its cover?"

Essay Topic 3

Then Qui-Gon tells the Council about Anakin and suggests that this boy may be the prophesied one who will bring balance to the force.

1. Do you believe in fate or destiny? Why or why not?

2. Since it is common knowledge that Anakin becomes a dark force how do you think that coincides with the prophesy that he will bring balance to the force?

3. Do you think good has to be balanced with evil, light with dark? Why or why not?

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