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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 Fred Berringer get his job at Ilium?

2. Why does Finnerty take Dr. Proteus's gun?

3. What is true about the Reeks and Wrecks?

4. How does Dr. Proteus react to Lasher's initial story about his son?

5. What is the public works department called as mentioned in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lasher's beliefs about the state of society, and what does he think will happen to it?

2. What is Dr. Proteus's position in the company?

3. What does the Shah think of the social/political structure of Ilium, despite Halyard's attempts to convince him otherwise?

4. How does Finnerty usually look and dress, and why is this surprising?

5. Why does Hagstrom's wife start to cry during the Shah's visit?

6. What is unique about the farm that Paul plans to visit in Chapter 14?

7. What does Paul want to do for his and Anita's anniversary , and what does Anita want to do instead?

8. Why does Finnerty quit his job?

9. Who takes Paul's gun and why?

10. What teams are Paul and Shepherd captains of at the Meadows, and what is the status of each team?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many stories in the book about people being replaced by the machines they helped create. Find three examples of this, and discuss why these examples are important to the story.

Essay Topic 2

What is the point of view of the novel? How would the novel be different from another point of view?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the idea of living on a farm so appealing to Paul? Why does he think that Anita will go along with the idea?

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