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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 cities (besides Ilium) fall to the rebellion at the end of Chapter 33?

2. Why won't Alfy join the Ghost Shirt Society?

3. What happens when Dr. Proteus tries to be a farmer?

4. Why do the police come to Dr. Proteus's farm?

5. What does the Shah give the prostitute?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the members of the rebellion doing instead of taking over the specific targets?

2. Why is Harold in jail?

3. Why does Halyard lose his degrees?

4. Where does the Ghost Shirt Society get its name?

5. How was the great oak tree killed, and why is the tree significant?

6. What does Kroner say Paul will have to do to get the Pittsburgh job after the meeting with high company officials?

7. What is the basic message of the play at the Meadows?

8. What does the coach plan to do in order to ensure that his team keeps winning?

9. Why does Paul have to visit the police station in Chapter 27?

10. What is the basic message of the daytime TV that Paul watches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the player piano? Why do you think that the author named the novel after it?

Essay Topic 2

The author gives many clues that Anita is having an affair with Shepherd. Find some of these clues. Why do you think Paul does not realize what was going on?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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