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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. What does Helena ask Nana to get her?

2. What kind of scissors does Dr. Gall find?

3. What is the name of the island?

4. What mistake does Gall say they made in making the robots?

5. Who agrees with Helena's decision to destroy the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't the characters leave Domin's house?

2. Why does Alquist not want to dissect a robot?

3. How do Sulla and Marius react to dissection?

4. Why are Primus and Helena closer to humans than the other robots?

5. Why does Nana think the end of the world is approaching?

6. How does Busman die?

7. Why do Domin and the other managers not want to leave the island?

8. Why do the managers think robots are of value to the human world?

9. What does Alquist say is happening?

10. Why do the factory managers join Domn and Helena in the office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

R.U.R is part of the science fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did R.U.R help to set the template for similar plays and works of literature? Do modern novels and plays still use the ideas the author uses in R.U.R?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Helena burn Rossum's manuscript? Why do the the managers react so passively to Helena's mistakes? What can the humans could do to escape the robots?

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