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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 kind of people join the Army and the public works department?

2. How does Anita try to convince Dr. Proteus not to quit his job?

3. How does Finnerty get into Dr. Proteus's office at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. Who said this quote? "The man with the thick glasses as much as said his son's life wasn't worth living on account of me."

5. What kind of display does the Shah see at the beginning of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Proteus's father famous for doing?

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

3. What does Finnerty say at the end of Chapter 4 that upsets Anita?

4. Who is the Shah of Bratpuhr, and why is he in Ilium?

5. Why does Dr. Proteus bring the cat to Ilium Works, and what happens to it?

6. What does Anita do to prepare Paul for dinner at Kroner's?

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

8. Who takes Paul's gun and why?

9. What does Paul want to do most at the end of Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, the lie detector reveals that Paul's main motivation is that he is angry at his late father. Why is he angry? How has this influenced his choices?

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

What factors lead to the mechanization of Paul's society? Why is it so easy for people to become dependent on machines?

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