Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Seeker looking for on the Ringworld?
2. What happens to Nessus when he gets stuck in a wire trap?
3. What does Louis think about the Ringworld natives forgetting their past and that they live on a ring?
4. What warning does Louis get through his translator as he speaks with the priest?
5. Who has Nessus discovered the woman is?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Teela and Speaker realize about the puppeteers interference with their species and breeding in Chapter 13?
2. What does the crew think of the woman that they see in the prison?
3. What realization about the puppeteers and the man-kzin does Louis come to in Chapter 13?
4. How does Louis respond when thousands of natives come to the flying castle in Chapter 16 and what does he learn?
5. What plan does Louis present to Speaker in the starter of Chapter 14?
6. What does the crew find inside the floating castle?
7. What conclusion about Teela's luck does the crew come to in Chapter 18?
8. What happens to the crew when they discover the eye in the sky in Chapter 17?
9. What agreement do Louis and Speaker come to in Chapter 24 about their knowledge of the puppeteers' manipulation?
10. What is found inside the force field in Chapter 19?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Please explain what the literary term foil is and how it can be seen in the Ringworld. Why is foil important to a story?
Essay Topic 2
Luck is a major theme in this story. Please explain the role that luck plays in the novel, the effect that Teela's luck has on the four crew members in the novel, and how whether or not Teela's luck is luck for others or simply for herself.
Essay Topic 3
Technology is mentioned consistently in this story. What role does technology play in the story as a whole? What type of relationship do the puppeteers have with technology as a whole?
|
This section contains 1,058 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
