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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alquist researching?

2. What does Alquist wish his bloody claws could do?

3. What are the names of the two robots who run on stage when Damon screams?

4. What does Alquist call Helena and Primus?

5. What does Primus think being dead is like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1920s.

1) In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) How does the play express the changes Europe was going through at the time?

Essay Topic 2

Capek gives some of his robot characters Greek and Roman names, including Radius and Primus. Pick one of the following ma,es and examine what meaning their name gives to their character and the story in general:

1) Sulla

2) Radius

3) Marius

4) Primus

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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