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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. Where does Frank arrive to talk to Phyllis to stop people from going to Mars?

2. Who is John's son?

3. After the celebration attended by many of the first hundred colonizers, John tells _____ he thinks her/his children are saboteurs.

4. What is Ann's son waiting for to take him away to safety from the cracked dome?

5. Where are the miners from that Frank talks to that belong to the American settlement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John's role as a strong figure in the revolution give hope for?

2. What information is revealed about Hiroko through the notes left for Sax and for Ursula?

3. Why is Ann depressed on Mars even when Michel offers the promise of survival?

4. What are Helmut's motivations for working on Mars?

5. How does Nadia emerge as a heroine during the revolution through her work?

6. When riots begin in Mars, what does Frank discover as the city is in revolution?

7. Why does Ann crumble in mental stability as the destruction of Mars occurs?

8. Why does Nadia blow up the space station?

9. Why are the primary hundred going to be executed?

10. How does Arkady explain the need for money, depending upon the kind of world one lives in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe some of the settings for Red Mars. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period, and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did Robinson choose to use these places in Red Mars?

Essay Topic 2

Politics are also referred to in the book. Robinson refers to the politics of the society of the futuristic Red Mars set during the 21st century. How do the politics Robinson describes in the book compare to that of his own world? Do you think politics are an important part of the book? How else could Robinson incorporate politics into the book? Also examine the use of politics in relationships.

Essay Topic 3

The government via corporations plays a pivotal role in maintaining the status quo and upholding certain expectations of etiquette and power dynamics. Who epitomizes this in Red Mars? Who questions this? How is rebellion expressed and how is it quashed?

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