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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louis what Speaker to pretend to be to trick the natives?
(a) A demon.
(b) An invader.
(c) Injured.
(d) A god.

2. What is Seeker looking for on the Ringworld?
(a) A lost love.
(b) A plant with healing powers.
(c) The arch.
(d) A new planet for his people.

3. How was the Fist-of-God created?
(a) Over time by atmospheric shifts.
(b) By a meteor hitting the ring.
(c) By the Engineers.
(d) By an earthquake.

4. What was Prill using the force field for?
(a) To attack the local natives.
(b) To catch Engineers flying by.
(c) To catch food.
(d) To keep out dangerous animals.

5. Who has Nessus discovered the woman is?
(a) A former queen of Ringworld.
(b) A crewmember from one of the Engineer ships.
(c) A native who was stuck in the prison.
(d) An explorer from a distant planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Speaker find in the castle?

2. What does Louis find at the top of Fist-of-God?

3. What else do Speaker and Louis see trapped in the force field?

4. Why does Prill try to seduce Louis?

5. What has happened to all the translators in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization about the puppeteers and the man-kzin does Louis come to in Chapter 13?

2. What role does Prill now play in Louis life in Chapter 23?

3. How does Louis respond to Teela's love for Seeker?

4. What theories to Louis and Nessus have about the original Engineers of Ringworld?

5. What happens to the crew when they discover the eye in the sky in Chapter 17?

6. Please describe Seeker.

7. What information does the map room show the crew?

8. What plan does Louis start creating in Chapter 21 and why?

9. What state are Louis and Speaker in when they are finally released from the force field?

10. How does the crew escape the force field in Chapter 20?

(see the answer keys)

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