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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20, Meat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Teela finally decide to join the mission?
(a) She decides she is ready to travel.
(b) She concludes that puppeteers are not that bad after all.
(c) She thinks the voyage might make her famous.
(d) She realizes that humanity will need the quantum II drive.

2. Which of the following information about Ringworld is not correct?
(a) It has breathable air.
(b) The ring is 1 million miles across.
(c) It has the same gravity as Earth.
(d) There are 20 rectangles circling the sun.

3. What is the kzin history with humans full of?
(a) Cold idealogical wars.
(b) There is no history between the two.
(c) Friendship and allied forces.
(d) Bloody wars.

4. Who the Outsiders?
(a) A peaceful people who welcome all travelers.
(b) Mutants from the puppeteer's experiments.
(c) Corrupted humans who barter with illegal aliens.
(d) A trading species who buy and sell technology.

5. Who is the first crewmember to leave the ship on the Ringworld?
(a) Nessus.
(b) Louis.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Teela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nessus get Speaker to agree to if Nessus does not return?

2. What does the priest call the floating castle?

3. What warning does Louis get through his translator as he speaks with the priest?

4. How does Louis plan to move the Liar to where they can launch into space?

5. Who stays with Louis when Nessus leaves to search for the fourth crew member?

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