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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 instrument does Helena play?

2. What does Alquist say the human race will fall to the ground like?

3. What are the men expecting to arrive?

4. What are the robots unloading from the Amelia?

5. What is the name of the boat that is dropping anchor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Helena and Primus say about the sunrise and Alquist's anatomy book?

2. Why does Radius want the formula to create more robots?

3. What are the first Rossum robots like?

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

5. Why does Alquist think the factory managers are to blame for what has happened?

6. Why does Domin want to marry Helena?

7. Why does Helena say she burned the Rossum manuscripts?

8. Why does Helena want to leave the island?

9. What does Domin tell Helena about the international robot organization?

10. What have the robots ordered Alquist to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

R.U.R influenced modern literature and in science fiction. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the play and discuss their similarities in terms of the following:

Plot

Character

Themes

Essay Topic 2

R.U.R is translated from Czech into English. How much meaning can a play loses through a translation? What aspects of the play do you think would be the most difficult to express in English? How do you think a translator can overcome these difficulties?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1920s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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