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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. Which of the following is the leader of the Tektite II project?

2. What had been Didier’s nickname on the soccer pitch?

3. On which atoll had the Queen worked?

4. Whose work does Todd hang in his dorm room?

5. What job does Ina have after completing her master’s project?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does the Queen ascribe Evie’s ability to dance?

2. What salvation did the Queen receive from her work away from Makatea?

3. What is Ina’s master’s project in art?

4. What is the initial reaction to the investors offering a trial artificial intelligence to Makatea?

5. What privileges does the Queen associate with her title?

6. What do journalists pointedly not report about Evie’s Tektite II mission?

7. How does Bart occupy himself while Evie is away on research before completing her dissertation?

8. What are the chief objections to developing Makatea?

9. What is Todd’s company slogan (301)?

10. What does Todd note about eggplant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Playground on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

On the whole, how does the novel view art? What in the text says so, and how does it say so?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Playground bear as much out?

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