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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 is Dr. Proteus charged with in Chapter 32?

2. Why won't Coach Roseberry let Halyard pass his test?

3. Who does Dr. Proteus live on the farm with?

4. What are the loudspeakers at the Meadows constantly reminding the people there to do?

5. What is Buck studying at Cornell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why won't the coach allow Halyard to pass his P.E. test?

3. While he is on the train, what does Paul overhear about PFC Hacketts? Why has this happened to Hacketts?

4. What is the Ghost Shirt Society's plan for rebellion?

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

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

7. What does the lie detector force Paul to admit?

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

9. Why is the writer's novel rejected for publication?

10. Why does Halyard lose his degrees?

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

Research Kurt Vonnegut's military experience. How do you think these experiences influenced Player Piano?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of women in the futuristic society of the novel. Describe the professions of each of the female characters in the novel, and why their opportunities are different from those of their male counterparts.

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