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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 rumor has spread about Lindsay?

2. What do the Mechanists desire?

3. Of what does the cold air smell?

4. What is cheap among Shapers?

5. Why is everyone that Nora sees bent double?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lindsay tell Nora that he would deny if she repeated?

2. What does Alexandrina view as very sad?

3. How does the Fortuna Miner's Democracy react to the contents of Lindsay's bag?

4. How does Vera come between Constantine and Lindsay? Why does she do this?

5. How do the locals view marriage to Carnassus?

6. What is Constantine's pride and joy?

7. What does the camera want to know from Lindsay once he hasd woken up?

8. What is rumored about the people beyond the Wall?

9. Who is Evan Kelland to Lindsay?

10. What is Zen Sarotonin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In essay form, discuss the following excerpt: "He wept quietly, holding nothing back. He mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Kosmos had rules and limits that would shelter them from their own freedom. There were no shelters. There were no final purposes. Futility and freedom, were Absolute." What does this quote mean to you?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the feuds against the Shapers. What characteristics make them so disliked? Who, specifically, doesn't like them and why? Do these presumed traits by enemies of the Shapers have merit? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Dr. Mirny's interpretation of the Swarm. How does she see them? Is this analysis accurate? Suggest reasons why the intelligent caste of the swarm takes over what was once its best ally. Is this a sound and logical move or one made out of emotion? Justify your answer.

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